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WGUS75 KBOU 030217

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

812 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



COC069-030415-

LARIMER CO-

812 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY...



AT 812 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT COLLINS AND TIMNATH. 

THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

TIMNATH AND FORT COLLINS.



AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN OVER SOUTHWEST FORT COLLINS IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. THE REST 

OF THE CITY HAS RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN HAS BEEN IN THE AREA SOUTH OF HORSETOOTH ROAD AND WEST OF 

COLLEGE AVENUE. FLOODING FROM THIS STORM WILL MOVE DOWNSTREAM ALONG 

DRAINAGE CHANNELS TO THE EAST...IN AREAS SOUTH OF HORSETOOTH ROAD 

AND ESPECIALLY ALONG FOSSIL CREEK. 



AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS REPORT FOSSIL CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AT 

COLLEGE AVENUE. STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED THROUGHOUT FORT COLLINS 

AND DETENTION PONDS WERE OVERFLOWING IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4045 10520 4045 10494 4066 10494 4065 10510



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000 

WGUS75 KBOU 030217

FFSBOU



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

812 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



COC069-030415-

LARIMER CO-

812 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY...



AT 812 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT COLLINS AND TIMNATH. 

THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

TIMNATH AND FORT COLLINS.



AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN OVER SOUTHWEST FORT COLLINS IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. THE REST 

OF THE CITY HAS RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN HAS BEEN IN THE AREA SOUTH OF HORSETOOTH ROAD AND WEST OF 

COLLEGE AVENUE. FLOODING FROM THIS STORM WILL MOVE DOWNSTREAM ALONG 

DRAINAGE CHANNELS TO THE EAST...IN AREAS SOUTH OF HORSETOOTH ROAD 

AND ESPECIALLY ALONG FOSSIL CREEK. 



AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS REPORT FOSSIL CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AT 

COLLEGE AVENUE. STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED THROUGHOUT FORT COLLINS 

AND DETENTION PONDS WERE OVERFLOWING IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4045 10520 4045 10494 4066 10494 4065 10510



$$

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