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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

228 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  NORTH CENTRAL CLEAR CREEK COUNTY



UNTIL 300 PM MDT.



AT 225 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED WEST OF IDAHO SPRINGS 

ALONG THE OH MY GOD ROAD IN VIRGINIA CANYON AND THE ROAD WAS CLOSED.



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

TO...IDAHO SPRINGS AND THE VIRGINIA CANYON AREA.



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 3976 10550 3977 10555 3973 10559 3972 10549



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