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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

630 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT



* AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENNETT...

  OR ABOUT 31 MILES EAST OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20

  MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATKINS...

  STRASBURG...MANILA VILLAGE...COUNTRY GARDENS...BYERS...BUCKLEY

  AFB...BENNETT...ARAPAHOE PARK...EASTERN CENTENNIAL AND SOUTHERN

  AURORA.



TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORT THAT TWO AND A QUARTER INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM THIS STORM AT GUN CLUB ROAD AND MISSISSIPPI IN 

AURORA BETWEEN 545 PM AND 615 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING 

EAST...BUT WILL STILL PRODUCE UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES 

IN CENTRAL ARAPAHOE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTIES. 



SERIOUS STREET FLOODING CONTINUES IN AURORA...THOUGH THE WATER 

SHOULD BE RECEDING IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY BY 730 PM. 



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. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY AS THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A

FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR

VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3974 10487 3958 10484 3956 10424 3981 10417

      3974 10469



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