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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

901 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005



COC039-200500-

ELBERT CO-

901 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005



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

ELBERT COUNTY...



AT 859 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY. THE STORMS 

WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

KIOWA AND ELBERT.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THESE STORMS IN THE LAST 2 HOURS.



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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