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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

623 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



SOUTH CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY INCLUDING THE BIG ELK MEADOWS BURN AREA



UNTIL 745 PM MDT.



AT 620 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAIN WAS DIMINISHIMG OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY.  DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR THE 

BIG ELK MEADOWS BURN AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR.



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 ESPECIALLY IN THE BIG 

ELK MEADOWS BURN AREA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 36 AND COUNTY ROAD 47.



LAT...LON 4035 10548 4027 10548 4027 10525 4035 10526



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