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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
404 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012
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BOULDER CO-
404 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BOULDER COUNTY...
AT 403 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER NEDERLAND...OR ABOUT 33 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NEDERLAND.
AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES AT SAINT ANTON INDICATE THAT 2.40 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN. WITH THE SLOW STORM MOVEMENT MORE HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY AS THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A
FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR
VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4002 10551 4002 10540 3996 10539 3994 10547
3996 10551
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