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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

434 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY

  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY



UNTIL 600 PM MDT.



AT 434 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN STILL FALLING OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE HAYMAN 

BURN AREA IN SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY.  THE STORMS PRODUCING THE 

RAIN WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.



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

TO...CHEESMAN RESERVOIR...DECKERS...DEVILS HEAD AND WESTCREEK.



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.



THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGHWAY 67 AT MILE MARKER 92 HAS 

BEEN CLOSED DUE TO A MUD SLIDE.  WATER IS ACROSS THE ROAD AT MILE 

MARKER 95 ON HIGHWAY 67 SOUTH OF WEST CREEK.  



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

FROM THIS STORM OVER WEST CREEK AND CAMP CREEK OF THE HAYMAN BURN 

AREA IN SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY SINCE 2:30 PM.  VERY LITTLE RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PORTION OF THE HAYMAN BURN AREA 

AT THIS TIME.    



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 FOURMILE CREEK...GOOSE CREEK...

SIXMILE CREEK...TRAIL CREEK...TURKEY CREEK...WEST CREEK...AND OTHER

TRIBUTARIES OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. MUD AND ASH FLOWS CAN ALSO BE

EXPECTED ACROSS RURAL ROADS.



LAT...LON 3913 10539 3914 10508 3925 10509 3933 10522

          3929 10539



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