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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

450 PM MDT SUN JUN 27 2004



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY

  NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY



UNTIL 645 PM MDT.



AT 435 PM MDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE JEFFERSON COUNTY FOOTHILLS HAD 

MOVED EASTWARD...OVER THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER.  NUMEROUS 

REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SPOTTERS IN GOLDEN AND 

THE KEN CARYL RANCH AREA.  A SPOTTER ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF GOLDEN 

REPORTED 3.60 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR AND A HALF PERIOD.  A 

SPOTTER IN KEN CARYL RANCH REPORTED 2.37 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE SAME 

AMOUNT OF TIME.  



HIGHWAY 93 HAS BEEN CLOSED BETWEEN BOULDER AND GOLDEN.  OTHER 

REPORTS OF STANDING WATER AND STREAMS WELL OUT OF THEIR BANKS HAVE 

ALSO BEEN RECEIVED.  ROADS WERE REPORTED TO BE IMPASSABLE IN THE KEN 

CARYL AREA.  



THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN OVER THE VAN BIBBER CREEK DRAINAGE 

AND TO THE NORTH OF CHATFIELD RESERVOIR.  ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS 

ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.  THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.  



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

TO...WEST CENTRAL ARVADA...GOLDEN...WESTERN LAKEWOOD...IDLEDALE...

INDIAN HILLS...MORRISON...RED ROCKS PARK...ROCKY FLATS...ROXBOROUGH

PARK...SOUTH PLATTE...TINY TOWN AND WHITE RANCH OPEN SPACE.



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 THESE STORMS 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. 

THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP 

TERRAIN.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3991 10522 3990 10533 3939 10519 3941 10504



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