

000 

WGUS75 KBOU 192300

FFSBOU

COC019-200030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

500 PM MDT MON JUL 19 2004



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  NORTH CENTRAL CLEAR CREEK COUNTY



UNTIL 545 PM MDT.



AT 455 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF IDAHO 

SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF DENVER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING 

SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



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

IDAHO SPRINGS.



EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...A BAND OF SHOWERS MOVING OVER THE VIRGINIA 

GULCH DRAINAGE CAUSED THE OH MY GOD ROAD ABOVE IDAHO SPRINGS TO BE 

CLOSED.  IF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS MOVE OVER THE VIRGINIA GULCH DRAINAGE 

THIS EVENING...WATER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED TO RISE AGAIN.  BASED ON 

REPORTS OF PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...IT WILL 

TAKE LESS THAN A HALF INCH OF RAIN FALLING IN A 30 MINUTE PERIOD TO 

CAUSE PROBLEMS.  



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.



LAT...LON 3979 10556 3975 10559 3972 10551 3975 10549



$$

DANKERS

