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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

617 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT MORGAN

  SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 915 PM MDT



* AT 617 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER MUCH OF MORGAN COUNTY. THE STORMS PRODUCING

  THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



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

ADENA SCHOOL...ANTELOPE SPRINGS...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GARY...

HILLROSE...HOYT...LOG LANE VILLAGE...SNYDER...TWELVE-MILE CORNER...

WELDONA AND WIGGINS.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL RATES 

OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.  HIGHWAY 

52 WAS UNDER 6 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER 7 MILES EAST OF PROSPECT VALLEY.



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...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 4023 10416 4000 10428 4001 10347 4053 10348

          4051 10382



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