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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

625 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 610 PM MDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE RAIN SHOWERS OVER EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY HAD DECREASED IN 

INTENSITY AND SPREAD EASTWARD...ACROSS THE DENVER METRO AREA.  LIGHT 

RAIN SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS 

EVENING. 



THE HEAVIEST FLOODING APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN IN THE GOLDEN AREA AND 

AROUND KEN CARYL RANCH.  ROAD CLOSURES...FLOODED BASEMENTS AND SOME 

ROCKSLIDES HAVE ALL BEEN REPORTED AFTER THE HEAVY RAINS FELL EARLIER 

THIS AFTERNOON.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2.00 AND 3.60 INCHES FELL 

ALONG AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN 330 PM AND 

530 PM.  CLEAR CREEK WAS RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS WHILE MANY 

CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  WATER 

LEVELS ON CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL TAKE MOST OF THE EVENING TO 

RECEDE.  



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. ROCK AND 

MUDSLIDES MAY ALSO STILL OCCUR IN CANYONS AND 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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