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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

459 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007



COC035-070115-

DOUGLAS CO-

459 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007



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

SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...



AT 459 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

DEVILS HEAD...WESTCREEK AND PERRY PARK.



AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE EAST OF WESTCREEK INDICATED THAT 2.32 INCHES 

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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK SLIDES OR MUD FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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 10499 3928 10495

      3925 10520



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