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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

454 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* AT 454 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTCREEK...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF

  COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING

  NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.



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

RESERVOIR...DECKERS AND WESTCREEK.



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 UP TO 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE

FALLEN FROM THIS STORM OVER NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY SINCE 4 PM.



FIRE FIGHTERS HAVE REPORTED SOME DIRT ROADS WERE WASHED OUT IN THE 

SIGNAL BUTTE AREA OF TELLER COUNTY AT ABOUT 445 PM.





LAT...LON 3913 10539 3914 10509 3922 10515 3928 10519

          3933 10521 3931 10528 3928 10539



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