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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

830 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005



COC039-200500-

ELBERT CO-

830 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL

ELBERT COUNTY...



AT 825 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF ELBERT...OR ABOUT 31 

MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY 

STATIONARY.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

KIOWA AND ELBERT.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THIS STORM IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES.



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.



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 3936 10454 3913 10454 3915 10419 3935 10423



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