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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

552 AM MDT THU SEP 12 2013



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ADAMS CO-

552 AM MDT THU SEP 12 2013



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM MDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY...



...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY...



AT 550 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. UP TO 6 INCHES INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST TWO 

HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

NORTHEASTERN THORNTON AND BRIGHTON. 



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.



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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME

UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.



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LAT...LON 4000 10483 3991 10483 3991 10492 4000 10492



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