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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

434 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PARK COUNTY



UNTIL 645 PM MDT.



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

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN CHEESMAN RESERVOIR AND 

LAKE GEORGE...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASTLE ROCK. THE STORM 

PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.  THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NOW OVER CHEESMAN RESERVOIR AND NORTH OF DIVIDE... 

AND THE RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY DECREASING.



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.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT UP TO 1.5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THIS STORM SINCE 3 PM.  THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN HAS BEEN FROM THE SOUTH PLATTE CANYON WEST TO TARYALL CREEK IN 

THE PARK COUNTY PORTION OF THE BURN AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



LAT...LON 3908 10544 3903 10535 3913 10532 3914 10540



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