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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

912 PM MDT THU MAY 15 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY

UNTIL 1045 PM MDT.



AT 912 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL FALLING OVER EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY THE 

STORMS PRODUCING THE RAIN WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS 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 A LARGE AREA OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS  

FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA FROM JUST NORTH OF MATHESON NORTHWARD TO 

JUST SOUTH OF AGATE THEN EASTWARD TO INTERSTATE 70.  THE RAIN 

STARTED IN THIS AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 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 3917 10404 3906 10404 3913 10374 3955 10373

          3954 10411 3917 10413



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