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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

528 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2005



COC005-031-040030-

ARAPAHOE CO-DENVER CO-

528 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL

DENVER AND WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTIES...



...THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD FOR THE SOUTHEAST 

DENVER METRO AREA...



AT 524 PM MDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 

OVER CENTRAL AURORA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF DENVER. THIS STORM 

WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

SHERIDAN...GREENWOOD VILLAGE...NORTHEASTERN LITTLETON...ENGLEWOOD...

CENTRAL DENVER...CENTRAL CENTENNIAL AND AURORA.



RAIN GAUGE AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT UP TO ONE AND THREE 

QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AURORA IN 

THE LAST 20 MINUTES. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHEAST 

DENVER AND CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE. WIDESPREAD STREET AND STREAM 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING FROM GREENWOOD VILLAGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST 

DENVER INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AURORA. SOME OF THE STREAMS 

AFFECTED INCLUDE TOLLGATE CREEK IN AURORA AND GOLDSMITH GULCH FROM 

THE DENVER TECH CENTER INTO SOUTHEAST DENVER. INTERESTS ALONG CHERRY 

CREEK SHOULD ALSO BE READY FOR RAPID RISES.



IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING FLOODING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ENTER FLOOD WATERS...YOUR LIFE WILL BE IN GREAT 

DANGER



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3957 10503 3957 10483 3974 10478 3974 10505



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