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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1039 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006



COC039-073-180630-

LINCOLN CO-ELBERT CO-

1039 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN ELBERT AND NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES...



AT 1039 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT MORE STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE QUICKLY DEVELOPING JUST 

SOUTH OF LIMON AND WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.  WHILE NO ADDITIONAL 

REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

MAY CAUSE RAPID RISES IN SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND COUNTRY ROADS.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

LIMON AND AGATE.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 

AN AREA FROM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF LIMON NORTHWARD TO ABOUT 15 MILES 

NORTHWEST OF LIMON.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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 3957 10399 3925 10395 3921 10363 3957 10356



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