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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1020 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005



COC039-200500-

ELBERT CO-

1020 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005



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

ELBERT COUNTY...



AT 1015 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAIN THAT RAIN HAD ENDED OVER CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

KIOWA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 5 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN 

EARLIER FROM THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KIOWA TO 

FONDIS.  PERSONS LIVING ALONG WEST BIJOU AND EAST BIJOU CREEKS 

SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLASH FLOODING. 



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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