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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

517 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DENVER COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 

715 PM MDT...



...THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION IN NORTHEAST DENVER...



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

TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER NORTHEAST DENVER...IN THE I-70 CORRIDOR NEAR 

THE INTERSECTION WITH I-225.  THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN 

WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST AROUND 5 MPH.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 

3 INCHES CAN BE ANTICIPATED IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.  



THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE FLASH FLOODING AT 

ALAMEDA AND I-25...AS WELL AS I-70 AND YORK.



IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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 3967 10491 3979 10491 3979 10506 3967 10505



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