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WGUS55 KBOU 101958

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COC035-059-093-102200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

155 PM MDT WED JUL 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL PARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO

  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 400 PM MDT



* AT 156 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEESMAN RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT

  36 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS.  THE STORM PRODUCING THE

  HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

RESERVOIR...DECKERS...DEVILS HEAD...LAKE GEORGE...WELLINGTON LAKE...

WESTCREEK...WILKERSON PASS AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE 

HAYMAN WILDFIRE BURN AREA.



RAINFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH IN UNDER AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS 

STORM.  



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.



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 3917 10560 3897 10555 3893 10533 3914 10534

          3914 10506 3933 10513 3932 10555



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