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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1140 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 1130 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED NORTHWARD INTO ADAMS AND SOUTHERN WELD 

COUNTIES. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS REMAIN IN THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING LOCATIONS....WHERE RAINFALL RATES WILL BE UNDER A 

TENTH OF AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES. DESPITE THE LACK OF CURRENT 

RAINFALL...ONGOING FLOODING WILL REMAIN IN THE WARNING LOCATIONS 

THROUGH 1 AM.   



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 HAD FALLEN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST 

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

AURORA...PARKER...AND PONDEROSA PARK. 



CURRENT REPORTS INDICATED FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTIONS AT EVANS AND 

MONACO...14TH AND JERSEY...AND ALAMEDA AND STEELE.  INTERSTATE 25 IS 

CURRENTLY CLOSED FROM SANTE FE SOUTHBOUND TO INTERSTATE 225 DUE TO 

FLOODING AND ACCIDENTS. 



CREEKS WHICH EXPERIENCED FLOODING INCLUDED GOLDSMITH GULCH THROUGH 

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

BASEMENTS WERE ALSO REPORTED FLOODED 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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