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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

926 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT MORGAN



* UNTIL 130 AM MDT



* AT 923 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT MORGAN...OR ABOUT

  OVER FORT MORGAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



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

  WELDONA...TWELVE-MILE CORNER...SNYDER...ORCHARD...LOG LANE

  VILLAGE...JACKSON RESERVOIR...HOYT...HILLROSE...GOODRICH...GARY...

  FORT MORGAN...BRUSH...ANTELOPE SPRINGS...ADENA SCHOOL AND ADENA.



SPOTTER AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN THE LAST 2 

HOURS. THIS HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR 

TWO IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND SPREAD SLOWLY EASTWARD.



WATER WAS REPORTED RUNNING OVER COUNTY ROAD 19 BETWEEN ROADS F AND H 

AROUND 900 PM. WIDESPREAD LOWLAND FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE 

HOYT AREA. LARGER CREEKS IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY WILL 

BE RISING AND SOME WILL LIKELY FLOOD OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4000 10415 4001 10348 4052 10346 4053 10414



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