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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

715 PM MDT FRI JUL 7 2006



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DOUGLAS CO-

715 PM MDT FRI JUL 7 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...



AT 715 PM MDT...THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF FLASH FLOODING FROM VERY 

HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTCREEK...OR ABOUT 28 MILES 

NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

DEVILS HEAD...WESTCREEK...PERRY PARK...LARKSPUR AND GREENLAND.



AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT 1.38 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING 

A 40 MINUTE PERIOD OVER THE UPPER REACHES OF WEST CREEK AND TROUT 

CREEK. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE HAYMAN BURN AREA...BUT 

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE CAUSING FLASH FLOODING 

PROBLEMS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. 



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.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN WEST CREEK AND TROUT CREEK...IN THE 

HAYMAN BURN AREA...FROM THE TOWN OF WESTCREEK DOWNSTEAM TO DECKERS.  

A BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 67 HAS BEEN WASHED OUT AND SOME STRUCTURES WERE 

THREATENED BY RISING WATERS.  



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



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