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WGUS75 KBOU 130256

FFSBOU



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

856 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2013



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JEFFERSON CO-BOULDER CO-

856 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2013



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM MDT

THURSDAY FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND BOULDER COUNTIES...



NUMEROUS AND WIDESPREAD ROAD CLOSURES WERE REPORTED ACROSS ALL OF  

BOULDER COUNTY...AS WELL AS NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY.  TRAVEL 

IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE...PLEASE STAY OFF THE ROADS.



LEYDAN RESERVOIR IN NORTHWESTERN ARVADA IS ALSO RELEASING FLOWS AT A 

HIGH RATE...WITH EVACUATIONS NOW OCCURRING DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM TO 

ALKIRE STREET.



RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS 

FALLING FROM BOULDER AND NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTIES INTO THE 

FOOTHILLS.  BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 3 

HOURS...WITH ANOTHER ONE HALF TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED BY 1130 

PM MAINLY IN AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE FOOTHILLS.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

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

LONGMONT...SOUTHWESTERN BROOMFIELD...LAFAYETTE...LOUISVILLE...

SUPERIOR...LYONS...JAMESTOWN...SALINA...ELDORADO SPRINGS...CRISMAN...

GOLD HILL...NIWOT...SUMMERVILLE...WALLSTREET...ROCKY FLATS...

RAYMOND...SUNSHINE...WHITE RANCH OPEN SPACE AND ALLENSPARK.



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.



TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD

DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



&&



LAT...LON 4026 10518 4008 10509 3993 10515 3990 10514

      3991 10516 3988 10515 3981 10517 3974 10530

      3989 10541 3993 10540 3994 10544 3997 10546

      4026 10546



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BARJENBRUCH

