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WGUS75 KBOU 090310

FFSBOU



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

910 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



COC005-031-090345-

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ARAPAHOE CO-DENVER CO-

910 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHERN DENVER AND WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTIES...



AT 900 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR MOST OF THE 

RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE FLOOD WARNING AREA.  IT HAS PUSHED EASTWARD.  



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

GREENWOOD VILLAGE...NORTHERN CENTENNIAL...NORTHEASTERN LITTLETON...

EASTERN ENGLEWOOD...SOUTHERN DENVER AND WEST CENTRAL AURORA.



AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT 1.00 TO 3.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA FROM 710 PM MDT TO ABOUT 845 PM 

MDT.  WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...WITH SOME 

STREETS IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEASTERN DENVER AND WESTERN 

AURORA.  THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF RESIDENTIAL BASEMENT FLOODING 

ALONG WITH SOME CARS FLOATING FROM HIGH WATER IN PARKING LOTS AND 

INTERSECTIONS.



WEST TOLL GATE CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AROUND THE QUINCY... 

BUCKLEY...HAMPTON...YALE AND TOWER ROADS AREA OF AURORA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3972 10476 3959 10476 3960 10500 3974 10502



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000 

WGUS75 KBOU 090310 RRA

FFSBOU



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

910 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



COC087-090430-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

MORGAN CO-

910 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY...



AT 909 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAIN HAD ENDED OVER WEST CENTRAL COUNTY.



LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WIGGINS AND ORCHARD.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER 

THIS EVENING NEAR WIGGINS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS ESPECIALLY ALONG KIOWA AND BIJOU CREEKS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4008 10387 4007 10414 4034 10415 4034 10387



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