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Flash Flood Warning
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
346 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL BOULDER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 344 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SALINA…OR 31 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WALLSTREET…SUNSHINE…SUMMERVILLE…SALINA…ORODELL…CRISMAN…
AND GOLD HILL.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER THE BURN AREA THE PAST 45 MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS…STREAMS…AND
DITCHES IN THE FOURMILE BURN AREA. SOME DRAINAGE BASINS AFFECTED BY
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INCLUDE FOURMILE CREEK…GOLD RUN…AND FOURMILE
CANYON CREEK. WATER WILL BE FLOWING DOWN ROADWAYS. ROCK SLIDES OR
DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

DougInBoulder Doug Young

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