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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

328 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  NORTHEASTERN DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 600 PM MDT



* AT 326 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN DENVER INTERNATIONAL     

  AIRPORT...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENVER. THE STORM         

  PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



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

CITY...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BARR LAKE AND BRIGHTON.



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 AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THIS STORM IN THE LAST HOUR.  



AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF 

DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECORDED 2.31 INCHES DURING THE 

SAME PERIOD. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3991 10484 3982 10471 3999 10458 4000 10478 BAKER

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