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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

315 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY



UNTIL 530 PM MDT.



AT 315 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HAYMAN BURN AREA OF DOUGLAS COUNTY.  THE 

STORMS CONTINUED PRODUCING MODERATE RAINFALL OVER WESTCREEK...OR 

ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASTLE ROCK. THE STORM PRODUCING THE 

HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS REMAINING 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 THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SINCE 2:10 PM MDT.

A RAIN GAUGE ON FOUR MILE CREEK 6 MILES SOUTH OF DECKERS REPORTED 

0.67 OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 2 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...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 10532 3914 10509 3922 10512 3927 10514

          3927 10520 3924 10524 3922 10525 3919 10528



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