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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

749 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TWELVE-MILE

  CORNER...SNYDER...LOG LANE VILLAGE...HOYT...HILLROSE...GARY...FORT

  MORGAN...BRUSH...ADENA SCHOOL AND ADENA.



AT 745 PM MDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER OF MORGAN COUNTY REPORTED A 

NUMBER OF ON-GOING FLOODING ISSUES CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING 

THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING AND LATE AFTERNOON.  



MORGAN COUNTY OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORTED WATER OVER MANY 

ROADWAYS FROM FORT MORGAN TO BRUSH.  MANY FARM FIELDS ARE STILL 

TOTALLY UNDER WATER.  MANY IRRIGATION DITCHES ARE OUT OF THERE 

BANKS.  A RAIN GAUGE AT COUNTY ROAD 14 AND COUNTY ROAD P INDICATED 5 

INCHES OF RAINFALL.  THIS INTERSECTION IS JUST SOUTHWEST OF FORT 

MORGAN.  THE LITTLE BEAVER CREEK IN THE EASTERN PART OF MORGAN 

COUNTY IS STILL OUT OF ITS BANKS.  



AT 745 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL 

FALLING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1.5 TO 3.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER 

THE SOUTHERN HALF AND NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF MORGAN COUNTY. 



AT 745 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH A 

SIZABLE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY 

PUSHING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD.  THIS STORM WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE 

NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL AREAS OF MORGAN COUNTY FROM 8:15 PM MDT 

THROUGH 9 PM AT LEAST.  THE ONLY POSITIVE ASPECT OF THIS IS THAT 

THAT PART OF MORGAN COUNTY HAS NOT YET SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING

FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.



LAT...LON 4043 10349 4001 10349 4002 10412 4022 10408

      4044 10385

TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 180DEG 0KT 4030 10423



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