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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

757 AM MDT FRI SEP 13 2013



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LARIMER CO-

757 AM MDT FRI SEP 13 2013



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LARIMER COUNTY WILL

EXPIRE AT 800 AM MDT...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT CURRENTLY 

OCCURRING. MAJOR FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING ON THE BIG THOMPSON AND 

LITTLE THOMPSON RIVERS AND BUCKHORN CREEK. ELSEWHERE WATER LEVELS 

HAVE LIKELY RECEDED A LITTLE...THOUGH FLOWS REMAIN FAST AND HIGH. 

THE NORTH FORK OF THE BIG THOMPSON RIVER CRESTED EARLY THIS MORNING 

AT A FLOW A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE FLOOD OF 1976. IN THE LOWER PART 

OF BIG THOMPSON CANYON THE FLOW WAS MUCH LESS THAN IN THE 1976 

FLOOD...BUT 50 PERCENT MORE THAN FLOOD STAGE AND STILL RISING A 

LITTLE AS OF 8 AM. 



WHILE RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS NOT CURRENTLY A THREAT...FLOOD 

WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ONGOING FLOODING. FLOODED AREAS 

AND SWIFTLY MOVING WATER IS DANGEROUS...AND RIVER BANKS THAT APPEAR 

STABLE MAY FALL INTO THE WATER WITHOUT WARNING. 



MORE RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. STAY ALERT FOR 

POSSIBLE FUTURE WARNINGS!



LAT...LON 4026 10512 4027 10563 4043 10571 4046 10496

      4039 10496 4036 10506



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