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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

355 PM MDT THU JUN 27 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  EAST CENTRAL PARK COUNTY

  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY

  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY



UNTIL 515 PM MDT.



AT 355 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PARK COUNTY PORTION OF THE HAYMAN BURN 

AREA...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF CHEESMAN RESERVOIR. 

THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED

TO...CHEESMAN RESERVOIR AND DECKERS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN THE PARK COUNTY PORTION OF THE BURN AREA IN THE LAST 45 MINUTES. 

RAIN HAS DECREASED IN AREAS NORTH OF CHEESMAN RESERVOIR.  THE MAIN 

EFFECTS WILL BE IN THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER ABOVE CHEESMAN RESERVOIR...

IN THE CREEKS ALONG THE WEST BANK OF THE PLATTE ABOVE CHEESMAN AND 

ALONG THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



LAT...LON 3930 10539 3908 10543 3903 10534 3913 10523

          3935 10517



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