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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

800 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  PHILLIPS COUNTY



UNTIL 945 PM MDT.



AT 800 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY THAT WERE 

SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO YUMA COUNTY.  AREAS OVER SOUTHERN 

PHILLIPS COUNTY CAN EXPECT ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN BEFORE THE STORM 

ENDS IN PHILLIPS COUNTY.  



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES A LARGE AREA OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ALONG 

AND JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 6 FROM HAXTUN TO HOLYOKE THEN INTO THE 

SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE COUNTY.  

 

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

TO...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HIGHLAND CENTER...HOLYOKE...PAOLI...PLEASANT 

VALLEY AND WAGES.





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.



ANYONE NEAR EITHER THE NORTH FORK OF THE FRENCHMAN CREEK...OR THE 

SOUTH FORK OF THE FRENCHMAN CREEK CAN EXPECT FLOODING...AND SHOULD 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING ALONG OTHER SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 4068 10206 4074 10264 4058 10266 4045 10266 4045 10207



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