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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

437 PM MDT SUN JUL 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

  CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 730 PM MDT



* AT 437 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS 

  AND SOUTHWEST ELBERT COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED 

  8 MILES WEST OF ELBERT...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. 

  THESE STORM HAVE REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY SINCE AROUND 350 PM MDT.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CASTLE

  PINES...THE PINERY...SEDALIA...PONDEROSA PARK...PERRY PARK...

  LOUVIERS...LARKSPUR...KIOWA...FRANKTOWN...ELIZABETH...ELBERT...

  CASTLE ROCK AND BEVERLY HILLS.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

FROM STORMS COVERED BY THIS WARNING IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES.



THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLOOD WATER IS COVERING 

SEVERAL PORTIONS OF RUSSELVILLE ROAD SOUTH OF FRANKTOWN IN SOUTHEAST 

DOUGLAS COUNTY.  



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.



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 3948 10505 3927 10506 3915 10496 3915 10450

      3933 10422 3949 10478



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