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WGUS55 KBOU 130645

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COC069-131400-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1245 AM MDT FRI SEP 13 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN LARIMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...



* UNTIL 800 AM MDT FRIDAY



* AT 1236 AM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERE FLASH 

  FLOODING CONTINUING IN BIG THOMPSON CANYON AND THE CITY OF 

  LOVELAND. FLOODING WAS ALSO OCCURRING ON THE LITTLE 

  THOMPSON RIVER AND IN SMALLER DRAINAGES IN SOUTHEASTERN 

  LARIMER COUNTY.



  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE BIG THOMPSON CANYON AND    

  LOVELAND. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING 

  SITUATION! 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  LOVELAND...WINDSOR...ESTES PARK...BERTHOUD AND DRAKE. 



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN BIG THOMPSON CANYON FROM ESTES PARK 

INTO LOVELAND. THE FLOW CONTINUES TO INCREASE ON BOTH THE NORTH FORK 

AND THE MAIN STEM OF THE BIG THOMPSON RIVER. THE FLOW IN THE NORTH 

FORK OF THE BIG THOMPSON RIVER IS GREATER THAN IT WAS IN THE 1976 

FLOOD. THE FLOW ON THE MAIN STEM IS THE LARGEST SINCE THAT FLOOD. 

FLOOD WATERS IN THE CANYON AND IN THE CITY OF LOVELAND WILL CONTINUE 

TO RISE THROUGH SUNRISE...AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

EASTWARD INTO WELD COUNTY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE

THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE

FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.



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 DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN.



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



&&



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

      4039 10496 4036 10506



$$



GIMMESTAD

