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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1105 PM MDT FRI JUL 18 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY

  WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY

  DENVER COUNTY

  NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY



UNTIL 115 AM MDT.



AT 1050 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN CENTENNIAL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES

SOUTHEAST OF DENVER. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING 

SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



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

TO...SOUTHWESTERN AURORA...CENTENNIAL...DENVER...ENGLEWOOD...NORTHERN

LITTLETON...ARAPAHOE PARK...ELIZABETH...GREENWOOD VILLAGE...HIGHLANDS

RANCH...PARKER...PONDEROSA PARK...SHERIDAN...SURREY RIDGE AND THE

PINERY.



SPOTTER REPORTS AND AUTOMATED RAINFALL GAUGES INDICATED BETWEEN 2 

AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN FELL FROM CENTRAL DENVER...AND STRETCHING SOUTHEAST THROUGH 

AURORA...PARKER...AND PONDEROSA PARK.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED 

SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH...SO THE RAIN HAS DECREASED IN THE AURORA 

AREA.  EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SUBSIDED...FLASH FLOODING 

CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1 AM.  



DAMAGE REPORTS INDICATED INTERSTATE 25 WAS FLOODED IN SPOTS ALONG 

THE T-REX PROJECT INCLUDING EVANS...AND ALONG ARAPAHOE AND PARKER 

ROADS.  CREEKS WHICH EXPERIENCED FLOODING INCLUDED GOLDSMITH GULCH 

THROUGH THE BIBLE PARK AREA, CHERRY CREEK, AND TOLLGATE CREEK. SOME 

BASEMENTS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE AURORA AREA. 



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.



LAT...LON 3958 10505 3931 10461 3946 10445 3979 10490           3975 

10507





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