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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

310 PM MDT WED JUL 10 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  EAST CENTRAL PARK COUNTY

  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY

  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY



UNTIL 400 PM MDT.



AT 308 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES EAST OF WESTCREEK...OR ABOUT 22 MILES

NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS.  THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN

WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 MPH. 



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING 

FROM 1/2 AND 1 1/2 INCHES IN THE HAYMAN WILDFIRE BURN AREA SINCE 3 

PM MDT.  THE THUNDERSTORM CURRENTLY MOVING OVER THE HAYMAN BURN AREA

IN SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY WAS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO A HALF 

INCH IN THE PAST 25 MINUTES.  



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

TO...CHEESMAN RESERVOIR...DECKERS...DEVILS HEAD...LAKE GEORGE...

WELLINGTON LAKE...WESTCREEK...WILKERSON PASS AND THE HAYMAN WILDFIRE 

BURN AREA IN EAST CENTRAL PARK...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWEST 

DOUGLAS COUNTIES. 



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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