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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1130 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2013



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LARIMER CO-

1130 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2013



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM MDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN LARIMER COUNTY...



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

LOVELAND...



AT 1123 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING...INCLUDING   

THE BIG THOMPSON CANYON AND THE CITY OF LOVELAND. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH THROUGH 2 AM WILL 

CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.



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

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

THREATENING SITUATION! TRAVEL IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. STAY OFF THE 

ROADS!



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

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



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



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

      4039 10496 4036 10506



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BARJENBRUCH

