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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

730 PM MDT SUN JUL 2 2006



COC035-039-030150-

ELBERT CO-DOUGLAS CO-

730 PM MDT SUN JUL 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS AND WEST CENTRAL 

ELBERT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...



AT 720 PM MDT...RAINFALL HAD PRETTY MUCH ENDED IN DOUGLAS COUNTY... 

WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING IN WESTERN ELBERT 

COUNTY. ACCORDING TO TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS...FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER OCCURRING IN THE AREA 

COVERED BY THIS WARNING.   



BETWEEN 330 AND 545 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS SITTING NEARLY STATIONARY 

OVER EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES PRODUCED VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL. ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRED IN SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 

8 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKTOWN ALONG CHERRY CREEK. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

UPWARDS OF 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THIS LOCATION.   



THE DOUGLAS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT CHERRY CREEK 

STAYED WITHIN ITS BANKS DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL... 

HOWEVER TWO SMALL PONDS ALONG CHERRY CREEK RUPTURED APPARENTLY DUE 

TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT TWO DRIVEWAYS CROSSING 

CHERRY CREEK IN AND NEAR PRAIRIE CANYON RANCH IN SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS 

COUNTY WERE WASHED OUT. A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER 1 MILE SOUTH OF 

KIOWA IN SOUTHWEST ELBERT COUNTY MEASURED 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS 

THAN 2 HOURS. THE OBSERVER ALSO REPORTED THAT A CULVERT AND A NUMBER 

OF ROADS IN AND AROUND KIOWA WERE EITHER DAMAGED OR WASHED BY THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL.   



HIGH WATERS MOVING DOWN CHERRY CREEK WERE REPORTEDLY PASSING BY 

FRANKTOWN AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONAL 

REPORT THE CREEK WAS WELL WITHIN ITS BANKS. 



WATER LEVELS IN STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO 

FALL AND THEREFORE ANY CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NOT 

ANTICIPATED. 



LAT...LON 3948 10505 3927 10506 3915 10496 3915 10450

      3933 10422 3949 10478



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