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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1257 PM MDT WED JUL 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* INCLUDING THE DRAINAGE AREA OF EAST PLUM CREEK AND INTERSTATE 25 

OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE.



* UNTIL 400 PM MDT



* AT 1257 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES NORTH OF LARKSPUR...OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTH

  OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING

  NORTH AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...LARKSPUR.



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 ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF LARKSPUR SINCE 11:30 AM MDT. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3920 10493 3915 10489 3918 10476 3933 10478

          3936 10490 3931 10497



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