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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

843 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT



* AT 843 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED FROM A THUNDERSTORM 

  OVER FORT COLLINS AND TIMNATH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 

  AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIMNATH AND

  FORT COLLINS.



THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS REPORTS WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF STREETS AND 

BASEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH THE WORST IMPACT IN THE SOUTH 

PART OF FORT COLLINS. MANY ROADS ARE BLOCKED AND THE CITY REPORTS 

THE FLOODING IS EXCEEDING THE 100 YEAR FLOOD. RESIDENTS ARE URGE TO 

EVACUATE BASEMENTS AND TO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. ONE 

PARTICULAR AREA OF CONCERN IS THE PARAGON POINT NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG 

FOSSIL CREEK WHERE FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED.



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. 



THE RAIN IS DECREASING OVER THE CITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...BUT 

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. IN SOME 

AREAS THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN AS WATER MOVES DOWNSTREAM.



LAT...LON 4045 10520 4045 10494 4066 10494 4065 10510



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