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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1009 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 115 AM MDT



* AT 1002 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE MOVED OVER THE AREA THIS      

  EVENING.  THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE   

  EAST AT 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAIRFIELD.



A SPOTTER 5 MILES NORTH OF HOLYOKE REPORTED 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

ALREADY FALLEN IN THE AREA THIS EVENING.

  

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



LAT...LON 4074 10264 4065 10264 4066 10233 4074 10234



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