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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

234 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT



* AT 234 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTCREEK...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  CASTLE ROCK. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT

  5 MPH.



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

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.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 0.40 OF AN INCH RAIN HAS FALLEN 

OVER THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SINCE 2:10 PM.



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...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 10532 3914 10509 3922 10512 3927 10514

          3927 10520 3924 10524 3922 10525 3919 10528



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