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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1054 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005



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PHILLIPS CO-

1054 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

PHILLIPS COUNTY...



AT 1049 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED 

ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRFIELD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST 

OF HOLYOKE. 



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

FAIRFIELD.  



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

OVER THE AREA IN THE LAST 4 HOURS. 



ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA HAVE WEAKENED...EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF FROM ACTIVITY EARLIER THIS EVENING 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.  WILDHORSE CREEK IS ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO RUNOFF FROM 

THE STORMS.



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 4074 10264 4065 10264 4066 10233 4074 10234



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