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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

400 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL PARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* AT 353 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER LAKE GEORGE...OR ABOUT 33 MILES WEST OF

  COLORADO SPRINGS.  THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY

  STATIONARY.



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

GEORGE.



AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE HAYMAN BURN 

AREA HAS RECORDED 1.42 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR. 



HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM IS FALLING PARTIALLY OVER THE 

HAYMAN BURN AREA OF PARK COUNTY AND IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTHWEST.  

RUNOFF FROM PART OF THIS STORM WILL RUN DOWN TARYALL CREEK.

RUNOFF OVER THE HAYMAN BURN AREA WILL RUN INTO THE SOUTH PLATTE 

RIVER.  



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.



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.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3913 10534 3913 10552 3897 10547 3897 10534



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