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COC087-170400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

737 PM MDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT



* AT 737 PM MDT...THE MORGAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

  IN THE BRUSH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF FORT MORGAN. WATER WAS ALSO

  REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 71 AND COUNTY ROAD R JUST EAST   

  OF BRUSH.  THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST     

  EAST AND SOUTH OF BRUSH AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



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

HILLROSE AND SNYDER.



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 UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THIS STORM IN THE LAST HOUR.



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 4037 10372 4013 10383 4008 10349 4044 10347



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