Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

May 15, 2003, 5:23 PM MDT (23:23 UTC)

Expired

May 15, 2003, 7:45 PM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Elbert County, CO

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WGUS55 KBOU 152323
FFWBOU
COC039-160145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
523 PM MDT THU MAY 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 519 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN 9 MILES NORTH
  OF MATHESON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF LIMON.  THE STORM PRODUCING
  THE HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...AGATE AND
MATHESON.  CREEKS AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARNING AREA 
INCLUDE EAST BIJOU...AGATE...AND BIG SANDY OF EASTERN ELBERT 
COUNTY.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 
WARNING AREA JUST NORTH OF MATHESON SINCE 3:45 PM.  FLOODING WAS 
REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 86 JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 70.

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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

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 3896 10401 3899 10376 3954 10381 3952 10410
          3918 10404

RJK

000 
WGUS75 KBOU 160048
FFSBOU
COC039-160145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
646 PM MDT THU MAY 15 2003

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM MDT.

AT 645 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY.
THE STORMS PRODUCING THE RAIN WERE MOVING LITTLE.

LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED 
TO...AGATE AND MATHESON.  WATERWAYS AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RUNOFF IN 
THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE EAST BIJOU...AGATE...AND BIG SANDY CREEKS 
OF EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 
WARNING AREA FROM JUST NORTH OF MATHESON NORTHWARD TO INTERSTATE 70 
SINCE 3:45 PM.  HIGHWAY 86 JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 70 HAS BEEN 
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 

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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 
HIGHER GROUND.

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 3896 10401 3899 10376 3954 10381 3952 10410
          3918 10404

RJK

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.