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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1224 AM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



COC123-030715-

WELD CO-

1224 AM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY...



AT 1224 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES EAST OF FORT LUPTON...OR

ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREELEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 10 MPH. 



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

FORT LUPTON.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THIS STORM IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF 

THE FLASH FLOOD AREA...BUT CONSIDERABLE FLOODING REMAINS. 



SPOTTERS IN THE AREA...INDICATED SEVERAL ROADS WASHED OUT IN THE 

FORT LUPTON AREA...INCLUDING AREAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 18 AND NEAR THE 

ARISTOCRAT SUBDIVISION NEAR COUNTY ROADS 18 AND 14. THERE WAS ALSO 

WATER OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 85 AND COUNTRY ROAD 16



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4019 10486 4007 10487 4007 10453 4025 10456



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000 

WGUS75 KBOU 030630

FFSBOU



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1224 AM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



COC123-030715-

WELD CO-

1224 AM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY...



AT 1224 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES EAST OF FORT LUPTON...OR

ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREELEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 10 MPH. 



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

FORT LUPTON.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THIS STORM IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF 

THE FLASH FLOOD AREA...BUT CONSIDERABLE FLOODING REMAINS. 



SPOTTERS IN THE AREA...INDICATED SEVERAL ROADS WASHED OUT IN THE 

FORT LUPTON AREA...INCLUDING AREAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 18 AND NEAR THE 

ARISTOCRAT SUBDIVISION NEAR COUNTY ROADS 18 AND 14. THERE WAS ALSO 

WATER OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 85 AND COUNTRY ROAD 16



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4019 10486 4007 10487 4007 10453 4025 10456



$$

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