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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

236 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO

  WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT



* AT 233 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINE...OR ABOUT 29 MILES      

  SOUTHWEST OF DENVER. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE      

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



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 4 INCHES INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 285 NEAR PINE 

JUNCTION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS ALONG HIGHWAY 285. THE 

HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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