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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

429 PM MDT FRI SEP 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 730 PM MDT



* AT 429 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ABOUT 14 MILES WEST

  OF CEDAR POINT...OR ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF LIMON. THE STORMS WERE

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  POINT...EAST BIJOU CREEK...AND WILSON CREEK.



THIS WARNING REPLACED THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL

ELBERT COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE 

PRODUCING RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.  AS MUCH 

AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN A SMALL AREA CENTERED ABOUT 

14 MILES WEST OF CEDAR POINT JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 86.  THIS HEAVY 

RAIN WAS FALLING ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM YESTERDAYS 

THUNDERSTORMS.  



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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER CLIMB TO HIGHER GROUND.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY

EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.



LAT...LON 3946 10408 3938 10421 3925 10427 3927 10378

      3940 10383



$$

BARJENBRUCH

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000 

WGUS55 KBOU 012235

FFWBOU

COC039-020130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

429 PM MDT FRI SEP 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 730 PM MDT



* AT 429 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ABOUT 14 MILES WEST

  OF CEDAR POINT...OR ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF LIMON. THE STORMS WERE

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  POINT...EAST BIJOU CREEK...AND WILSON CREEK.



THIS WARNING REPLACED THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL

ELBERT COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE 

PRODUCING RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.  AS MUCH 

AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN A SMALL AREA CENTERED ABOUT 

14 MILES WEST OF CEDAR POINT JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 86.  THIS HEAVY 

RAIN WAS FALLING ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM YESTERDAYS 

THUNDERSTORMS.  



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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER CLIMB TO HIGHER GROUND.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY

EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.



LAT...LON 3946 10408 3938 10421 3925 10427 3927 10378

      3940 10383



$$

BARJENBRUCH

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