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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

851 PM MDT TUE JUN 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DENVER

  NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT



* AT 851 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GOLDEN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF DENVER. THE

  STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



THE STORM MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH WARNED AREA WAS PRODUCING 

RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. 



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

SOUTHWESTERN COMMERCE CITY...DENVER...GOLDEN...NORTHERN LAKEWOOD... 

SOUTHWESTERN NORTHGLENN...SOUTHWESTERN THORNTON...SOUTHERN 

WESTMINSTER...WHEAT RIDGE AND FEDERAL HEIGHTS.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3984 10528 3969 10523 3971 10494 3989 10494



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