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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

646 PM MDT THU MAY 15 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY

UNTIL 745 PM MDT.



AT 645 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY.

THE STORMS PRODUCING THE RAIN WERE MOVING LITTLE.



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

TO...AGATE AND MATHESON.  WATERWAYS AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RUNOFF IN 

THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE EAST BIJOU...AGATE...AND BIG SANDY CREEKS 

OF EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

WARNING AREA FROM JUST NORTH OF MATHESON NORTHWARD TO INTERSTATE 70 

SINCE 3:45 PM.  HIGHWAY 86 JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 70 HAS BEEN 

CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 



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 SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3896 10401 3899 10376 3954 10381 3952 10410

          3918 10404



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