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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

347 PM MDT MON JUL 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL CLEAR CREEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 545 PM MDT



* AT 340 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARD INDICATED 

THAT A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OVER NORTHERN CLEAR 

CREEK COUNTY...ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF DENVER.  THE STORM PRODUCING 

THE   HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. 



THE CLEAR CREEK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLOODING HIGH IN 

VIRGINIA GULCH HAD CAUSED OH MY GOD ROAD TO BE CLOSED. 



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

SPRINGS.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN VIRGINIA GULCH FROM ABOVE IDAHO SPRINGS 

DOWN TO CLEAR CREEK IN IDAHO SPRINGS.  RISING WATERS CAN BE EXPECTED 

WHERE VIRGINIA GULCH FLOWS INTO CLEAR CREEK BY 4 PM. 



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 CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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 3979 10556 3975 10559 3972 10551 3975 10549



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