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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

800 PM MDT FRI JUL 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST

  COLORADO



* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT



* AT 755 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON 

  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 28 MILES WEST OF CASTLE ROCK.  THE STORM

  PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN IN THE WIGWAM CREEK AND CABIN CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS.  ANOTHER 

ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE DIMINISHING 

LATER THIS EVENING.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...

AND DITCHES IN THE HAYMAN FIRE BURN AREA. SOME DRAINAGE BASINS 

AFFECTED BY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INCLUDE GOOSE CREEK...SIXMILE 

CREEK...WIGWAM CREEK...CABIN CREEK...AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES OF THE 

SOUTH PLATTE RIVER.  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.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN 

EFFECT FOR THE AREA.



LAT...LON 3913 10539 3928 10540 3930 10529 3931 10519

          3921 10527 3912 10533



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