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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

757 PM MDT THU MAY 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BOULDER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT



* AT 757 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING HEAVY 

RAIN FALLING OVER THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER COUNTY.  THE STORMS 

PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE.



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

BOULDER...GOLD HILL AND JAMESTOWN.



A RAIN GAUGE IN THE WARNING AREA ALONG BOULDER CREEK HAS REPORTED 

1.97 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 7 PM.  A SPOTTER LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF 

BOULDER REPORTED 1 INCH OF RAIN IN 25 MINUTES WITH THESE STORMS.   



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 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

FROM THESE STORM IN THE LAST 45 MINUTES.



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.



LAT...LON 3995 10546 3995 10541 3993 10539 3993 10530

          4002 10528 4013 10529 4026 10530 4026 10543



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