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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

538 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE HAYMAN FIRE BURN AREA...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER IS CONTINUING A FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR THE HAYMAN BURN AREA OF SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS AND 

SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM.  LOCATIONS IN THE 

WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...CHEESMAN RESERVOIR 

...DECKERS AND WESTCREEK.



AT 538 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF HAYMAN BURN AREA IN DOUGLAS 

AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.  THE RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN BETWEEN DECKERS AND WESTCREEK SINCE ABOUT 415 PM.  THE 

SHOWERS AND STORMS PRODUCING THE RAIN WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 

MPH.



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.



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

          3933 10521 3931 10528 3928 10539



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