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COC059-032245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

147 PM MDT THU AUG 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 445 PM MDT



* AT 147 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITE RANCH OPEN SPACE...

  OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST

  AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE RANCH

  OPEN SPACE...NORTHWESTERN WHEAT RIDGE...WEST CENTRAL WESTMINSTER...

  NORTHWESTERN GOLDEN AND WESTERN ARVADA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THIS STORM IN THE LAST 40 MINUTES. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES TO THE EAST 

OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL AREA HAVE MEASURED 1.49 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE 

PAST HOUR.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK SLIDES OR MUD FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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 3989 10537 3975 10533 3976 10513 3988 10513



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000 

WGUS55 KBOU 031949

FFWBOU

COC059-032245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

147 PM MDT THU AUG 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 445 PM MDT



* AT 147 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITE RANCH OPEN SPACE...

  OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST

  AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE RANCH

  OPEN SPACE...NORTHWESTERN WHEAT RIDGE...WEST CENTRAL WESTMINSTER...

  NORTHWESTERN GOLDEN AND WESTERN ARVADA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THIS STORM IN THE LAST 40 MINUTES. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES TO THE EAST 

OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL AREA HAVE MEASURED 1.49 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE 

PAST HOUR.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK SLIDES OR MUD FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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 3989 10537 3975 10533 3976 10513 3988 10513



$$



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