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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

646 PM MDT FRI JUL 7 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 945 PM MDT



* AT 646 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  WESTCREEK...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS

  STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  HEAD...WESTCREEK...PERRY PARK AND LARKSPUR.



A TRAINED SPOTTER IN WESTCREEK HAS REPORTED ONE INCH OF RAIN IN THE 

PAST HALF HOUR.  AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES LOCATED IN THE HAYMAN BURN 

AREA HAVE ALSO RECORDED MORE THAN A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN THE PAST 20 

MINUTES. 



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.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...

AND DITCHES IN THE HAYMAN FIRE BURN AREA. SOME DRAINAGE BASINS

AFFECTED BY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INCLUDE FOURMILE CREEK...GOOSE CREEK...

SIXMILE CREEK...TRAIL CREEK...TURKEY CREEK...WEST CREEK...AND OTHER

TRIBUTARIES OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. ROCK SLIDES OR MUD FLOWS CAN

ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS RURAL ROADS.



LAT...LON 3913 10483 3932 10483 3933 10513 3914 10527



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