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WGUS75 KBOU 050335
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
935 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

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LARIMER CO-BOULDER CO-WELD CO-
935 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LARIMER...NORTHEASTERN BOULDER AND SOUTHWESTERN WELD
COUNTIES...

AT 919 PM MDT...THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR BERTHOUD...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF FORT COLLINS...AND WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR HAS INDICATED BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN HALFWAY BETWEEN BERTHOUD AND LYONS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN
THE SURROUNDING AREA BETWEEN RIVERSIDE...JOHNSTOWN...MEAD AND
HYGIENE. RUNOFF FROM THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL FLOW
INTO SAINT VRAIN CREEK BETWEEN LYONS AND HYGIENE AND ALSO ON THE
LITTLE THOMPSON RIVER SOUTHWEST OF BERTHOUD AND PRODUCE FLOODING.
STREAM LEVELS ALONG LITTLE THOMPSON RIVER AND SAINT VRAIN CREEK
COULD RISE UP VERY QUICKLY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOUTHERN GREELEY...LONGMONT...SOUTHWESTERN LOVELAND...EVANS...
FIRESTONE...JOHNSTOWN...MILLIKEN...BERTHOUD...MEAD...PLATTEVILLE...
LYONS AND GILCREST.

THE STORM REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY FROM JUST EAST OF LYONS TO
BERTHOUD. AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA IN
THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. THIS RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. THIS IS
BECOMING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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LAT...LON 4040 10472 4016 10472 4014 10532 4039 10532

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