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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

924 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005



COC039-200500-

ELBERT CO-

924 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005



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

ELBERT COUNTY...



AT 920 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF 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 AROUND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS SOUTH AND EAST OF LINE FROM KIOWA TO 

FONDIS.  PERSONS LIVING ALONG WEST BIJOU AND EAST BIJOU CREEKS 

SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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 3936 10454 3913 10454 3915 10419 3935 10423



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