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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

600 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 715 PM MDT



* AT 600 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH MORE RAINFALL TO MOVE INTO THE HAYMAN BURN AREA OF 

SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE HAYMAN BURN AREA INCLUDING 

WESTCREEK.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1.0 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN SOUTHWESTERN 

DOUGLAS COUNTY FORM 2:30 TO 4:30 PM.  VERY LITTLE RAIN HAD FALLEN 

OVER THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PORTION OF THE HAYMAN BURN AREA.  THE 

INCOMING RAINFALL IS ONLY OF MODERATE INTENSITY...BUT IT MAY BE 

ENOUGH TO CAUSE MORE FLOODING.   



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

BEEN CLOSED DUE TO A MUD SLIDE AROUND 4 PM MDT EARLIER THIS 

AFTERNOON.  WATER CROSSED THE ROAD AT MILE MARKER 95 ON HIGHWAY 67 

SOUTH OF WEST CREEK AROUND 4 PM MDT AS WELL.

 

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.



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 3914 10531 3913 10509 3917 10509 3926 10521

          3920 10527

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