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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

656 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 845 PM MDT



* AT 652 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF DECKERS...OR 34

  MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT

  5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WESTCREEK...DECKERS AND CHEESMAN RESERVOIR.



THIS WARNING EXPANDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN 

EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY.



AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE AT SPRING GULCH INDICATES THAT 1.75 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 615 PM AND 655 PM.  THIS RAIN IS IN ADDITION TO 

AN INCH TO INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN THAT FELL OVER THE UPPER BASINS 

OF WEST CREEK BETWEEN 500 PM AND 600 PM.  



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 CREEKS

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

TRIGGER ROCK SLIDES OR MUD FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN.



FLOOD WATERS WILL MOVE DOWN WEST CREEK...CAMP CREEK...HORSE CREEK 

AND TROUT CREEK.  THIS WATER WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF DECKERS 

AND INTO THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER.  



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.  



LAT...LON 3936 10518 3913 10508 3913 10528 3931 10526



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