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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

453 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2005



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ARAPAHOE CO-

453 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR EASTERN

ARAPAHOE COUNTY...



AT 449 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF COUNTRY GARDENS...OR

ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5

MPH.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

STRASBURG...DEER TRAIL...COUNTRY GARDENS AND BYERS.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN TWO 

SEPARATE AREAS DURING THE LAST HOUR.  ONE LOCATION OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

CENTERED ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATKINS.  ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY 

RAIN WAS OVER THE RURAL PORTIONS OF EXTREME EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY.



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.



THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAIN IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY ARE 

EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THROUGH 545 PM.  THIS SHOULD ALLOW FLOOD WATERS 

TO RECEDE BY 715 PM.



LAT...LON 3964 10464 3973 10459 3974 10371 3958 10371



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