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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

532 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT



* AT 527 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF STERLING. THIS

  STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PROCTOR... 

  PADRONI...NORTH STERLING RESERVOIR AND ILIFF.



VERY HEAVY RAIN...BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES...HAVE FALLEN FROM STORMS 

TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF STERLING AS WELL AS FROM STORMS WEST OF 

PEETZ TOWARDS WESTPLAINS.  REPORTS FROM THE TOWN OF ILIFF INDICATE 

MANY FIELDS ARE UNDERWATER AND THERE IS SOME STREET FLOODING.



AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN AND FLOODING 

WILL STAY OUT OF THE MAIN PARTS OF STERLING.  THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS 

OF THE CITY WILL SEE MOST OF THE RAIN.



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...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 4052 10286 4050 10312 4076 10323 4069 10335

      4093 10347 4090 10288



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