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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

538 PM MDT FRI SEP 1 2006



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ELBERT CO-

538 PM MDT FRI SEP 1 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR EAST 

CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY...



AT 538 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NOW CENTERED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF 

CEDAR POINT...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS 

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

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



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN AN AREA BETWEEN CEDAR POINT...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

AGATE...AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 86.  MOST OF THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

THE LAST HOUR AND ONE HALF.



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



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