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COC035-059-093-302220-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

310 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  EAST CENTRAL PARK COUNTY

  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY

  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY

  INCLUDING THE HAYMAN FIRE BURN AREA

 

UNTIL 420 PM MDT.



AT 255 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE HAYMAN BURN 

AREA IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER WEST CREEK...OR ABOUT 27 

MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASTLE ROCK.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING 

JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE BURN AREA. 



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

TO...CHEESMAN RESERVOIR...DECKERS...DEVILS HEAD...LAKE GEORGE...

WELLINGTON LAKE AND WESTCREEK.



WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 67 BETWEEN DECKERS AND WEST 

CREEK WAS UNDER FLOOD WATERS...BUT APPARENTLY HAS NOT BEEN WASHED OUT. 

FURTHERMORE...THE PUBLIC ALSO REPORTED THAT COUNTY ROAD 330 IN THE 

BURN AREA WAS WASHED OUT AND STUMP ROAD ALONG STUMP CREEK WAS CLOSED 

DUE TO HIGH WATERS.    



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT AS MUCH AS TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WEST CREEK BASIN SINCE 2 PM MDT.   

ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DECREASED IN THE AREA FOR THE TIME BEING...HEAVY

RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN THE HAYMAN BURN AREA AT LEAST THROUGH 

4 PM. 



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.



BAKER

LAT...LON 3892 10546 3914 10503 3934 10510 3931 10555

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