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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

441 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007



COC035-070115-

DOUGLAS CO-

441 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...



AT 441 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR WESTCREEK...OR ABOUT 28 MILES

NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5

MPH.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WESTCREEK.



AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE EAST OF WESTCREEK INDICATE THAT 1.73 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THIS STORM SINCE 4 PM MDT.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...

AND DITCHES IN THE HAYMAN FIRE BURN AREA. SOME DRAINAGE BASINS

AFFECTED BY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INCLUDE FOURMILE CREEK...GOOSE CREEK...

SIXMILE CREEK...TRAIL CREEK...TURKEY CREEK...WEST CREEK...AND OTHER

TRIBUTARIES OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. ROCK SLIDES OR MUD FLOWS CAN

ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS RURAL ROADS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3917 10526 3913 10532 3914 10508 3917 10509

      3926 10521



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