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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

401 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* AT 401 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER DRAKE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF FORT

  COLLINS. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT

  5 MPH.



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



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE 

WARNING AREA. COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THE NORTH FORK OF THE BIG 

THOMPSON IS AT BANK FULL. WITH THE LIKELY ADDITION OF MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED 

AND EXPANDED TO COVER LOCATIONS LIKE DRAKE. 



ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MILLER FORK JUST 

NORTH OF GLEN HAVEN. 



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 SMALL

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

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



LAT...LON 4045 10545 4039 10528 4045 10527 4049 10543



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