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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

515 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY



UNTIL 645 PM MDT.



AT 510 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTCREEK...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASTLE

ROCK. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



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

TO...WESTCREEK AND THE HAYMAN FIRE BURN AREA.  



TWO MUDSLIDES HAVE CLOSED STATE HIGHWAY 67 IN THE BURN AREA.

HEAVY RAINFALL...AS MUCH AS 1.50 TO 2.00 INCHES AN HOUR...HAS WASHED

MUCH ASH AND DEBRIS DOWN SMALL STREAMS AND ONTO ROADWAYS.  SEVERAL

PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS WERE WASHED OUT.   



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3914 10532 3914 10521 3915 10507 3928 10518



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GARD...WFO BOULDER

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