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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1158 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

  BOULDER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 600 AM MDT FRIDAY



* AT 1153 PM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A NEW ROUND OF 

  SEVERE FLASH FLOODING IN FOURMILE CREEK...BOULDER CREEK...AND 

  LEFTHAND CANYON IN BOULDER COUNTY. 

  

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE FOURMILE BURN AREA...THE   

  CITY OF BOULDER...AND LEFTHAND CREEK. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS 

  IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WESTERN 

  ARVADA...WESTERN WESTMINSTER...BOULDER...WESTERN 

  LONGMONT...SOUTHWESTERN BROOMFIELD...LAFAYETTE...NORTHWESTERN 

  GOLDEN...LOUISVILLE...SUPERIOR...LYONS...NEDERLAND...JAMESTOWN... 

  WARD...SALINA...NIWOT...ELDORA...ALLENSPARK...WALLSTREET...ROCKY 

  FLATS...BRAINARD LAKE...WHITE RANCH OPEN SPACE...ELDORADO 

  SPRINGS...CRISMAN...GOLD HILL...SUMMERVILLE...PEACEFUL VALLEY... 

  RAYMOND...MEEKER PARK...SUNSHINE AND LONGS PEAK.



AT 1150 PM...BOULDER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED   

SIGNIFICANT RISES COMING DOWN FOURMILE CREEK OUT OF THE FOURMILE     

BURN AREA AND INTO BOULDER CANYON. THIS SURGE IS EXPECTED TO REACH   

THE MOUTH OF BOULDER CANYON IN THE CITY OF BOULDER WITHIN THE NEXT   

20 MINUTES. THERE WAS ALSO A 10 FOOT WALL OF WATER COMING DOWN       

LEFTHAND CANYON. RESIDENTS DOWNSTREAM CAN EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT   

INCREASE IN WATER LEVELS...EVEN EAST OF THE CANYONS...OVER THE NEXT  

HOUR.



IF YOU ARE NEAR BOULDER OR FOURMILE CREEKS...GET TO HIGHER GROUND 

NOW!  DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN THIS FLASH FLOOD!



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.



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE

EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DITCHES

IN THE FOURMILE BURN AREA. SOME DRAINAGE BASINS IMPACTED INCLUDE

FOURMILE CREEK...GOLD RUN...AND FOURMILE CANYON CREEK.  SEVERE DEBRIS

FLOWS CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS.  ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY

BE WASHED AWAY IN PLACES.  IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO

SAFETY.



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



&&



LAT...LON 4009 10510 3990 10514 3991 10516 3990 10516

      3989 10514 3990 10511 3982 10510 3972 10527

      3986 10540 3993 10541 3993 10565 4010 10561

      4026 10563 4026 10515



$$



GIMMESTAD

