1997 Fort Collins flood (folder 4 of 4)

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DENFFSDEN TTAA00 KOH 310055

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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

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655 PH HDT WED JUL 30 1997

'AN URBAN AND SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL

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730 PH MDT FOR SOUTHWEST WELD COUNTY INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

• GREELEY...AULT...DACONO...EATON...EVANS...FIRESTONE...FORT LUPTON...FREDERICK...GALETON...GILCREST...GILL...JOHNSTOWN... KRENESBURG...KEESEY...LA SALLE...LUCERNE...HILLIKEN...MILTON • RESERVOIR...PIERCE...PLATTEVILLE...PURCELL...SEVERANCE AND

WINDSOR

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AT 650 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WELD COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE

• AREA.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OF RIVERS AND

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DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE

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GREELEY AREA AS WELL AS NEAR DACAHO AND PLATTEVILLE.

DO HOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

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ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. HOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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* DEMMER TTAA00 KOH 310104 C0N43)045-310215-SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 704 PM MDT NED JUL 30 1997

...THUNDERSTORHS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO MORGAN COUNTY... AT 658 PH MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OH RADAR 5 HILES NORTH OF HOYT...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT HORGAH.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 WILES PER HOUR. RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND MAY RESULT IN

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IF HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPS IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF FORT MORGAN.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR ADENA SCHOOL...ADM...ANTELOPE SPRINGS...FORT HORGAB...GOODRICH...HOYT...JACKSON RESERVOIR...LOG LANE VILLAGE... ORCHARD...SHYDER...TWEL.VE-MILE CORNER.. .WELDOR AND WIGGINS

SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER APPROACHES.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.. .SHALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORM. FUNNELS CLOUDS WERE SPOTTED WITH THESE STORHS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

IF HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND

UNDERPASSES MAY BECOME FLOODED. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO HOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 710PH HDT WED JUL 30 1997

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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR LINCOLN AND ELBERT COUNTIES... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR LINCOLN AND EASTERN ELBERT COUNTIES HAS • BEEN CANCELLED.

ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO HOVE INTO THE AREA THIS

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EVENING AND ARE HOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF PROBLEMS.

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FLASH FLOOD WATCHES STILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAIN SLOPES EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.

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A VARIETY OF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND URBAN!) AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR NORTHEAST

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COLORADO.

MONITOR LOCAL HEWS OUTLETS OR HOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST

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WEATHER FORECASTS AND BULLETINS. END...BOODA...WHO DENVER

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HUHR * DENSPSDEN TTAA00 BEN 310121 C0Z036-041-310200-SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 720 PH HOT WED JUL 30 1997

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...TRUUDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER DOUGLAS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

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AT 715 PH HOT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER JEFFERSON AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 10 NILES WEST OF CASTLE

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ROCK. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE BETWEEN GOLDEN AND EVERGREEN Ill JEFFERSON COUNTY AND IN THE BUFFALO CREEK AREA.

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THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT

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LIGHTNING. THE GROUND IN THIS AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED FROH _PREVIOUS RAINFALL.. .AHD ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLOODING.

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DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES AN HOUR HAD FALLEN WEST OF CASTLE ROCK.

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PERSONS IN OR HEAR ROXBOROUGH PARK...BUFFALO CREEK... EVERGREEN... CONIFER AND GOLDEN SHOULD BE OH THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER APPROACHES.

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IF HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND

UNDERPASSES MAY BECOME FLOODED. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO HOT CROSS

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FLOODED ROADS AS THEY HAY BE WASHED OUT.

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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

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730PH HOT WED JUL 30 1997

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST WELD AND NORTHWEST

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LOGAU COUNTIES...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEAST WELD AND NORTHWEST LOGAN

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COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT. THIS WATCH ENCOMPASSES THE TOWN OF WESTPLAINS AS WELL AS TWO MILE CREEK...GEORGE CREEK... AND CEDAR CREEK BETWEEN THE WYOMING BORDER DOWNSTREAM TO • STERLING RESERVOIR.

AT 730 PH MDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM

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WAS MOVING ACROSS THE STATE BORDER INTO WYOMING BUT WAS STILL HMG RAIN IN NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WELD COUNTY SINCE

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530 PM BT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

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IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

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SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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COC123-310130-URBAN AND SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 730 PM MDT WED JUL 30 1997

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THE URBAN AND SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST WELD COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MOMS ARE HOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.

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DO HOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

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SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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731 PM HOT WED JUL 30 1997

...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO POUND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN DENVER

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METRO AREA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER IS EXTENDING THE THE URBAN

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AND SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN DENVER.. .WESTERN ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES AND SOUTHEASTERN WELD COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST COLORADO.

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AT 725 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

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BENNETT...PROSPECT VALLEY...SOUTHERN AURORA.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AT 728 PM MDT WAS INDICATED OVER OPEN

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RANGELAND JUST EAST OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

STORMS IN THE PAST 2 HOURS DUMPED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER

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EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA. SPECIFIC RAINFALL TOTALS INCLUDE 2.63 INCHES JUST NORTH OF CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR.. .AND 2.7 INCHES HEAR ILIFF AND CHAMBERS IN AURORA. 2.31 INCHES OF RAIN FELL • IN A VERY SHORT TIME OVER THORNTON HEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 124TH

AND HOLLY.

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IN ADDITION.. .DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL AURORA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FLORIDA AND CHAMBERS ROAD.

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HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES PER HOUR...AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

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EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

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AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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URBAN AND SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...CORRECTIO IN 1ST PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

• 735 PM HDT WED JUL 30 1997

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST WELD AND NORTHWEST

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LOGAN COUNTIES...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEAST WELD AND NORTHWEST LOGAU COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM MDT. THIS WARNING ENCOMPASSES THE TOWN OF RESTRAINS AS WELL AS TWO MILE CREEK...GEORGE CREEK... AND CEDAR CREEK BETWEEN THE HONING BORDER DOWNSTREAH TO

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STERLING RESERVOIR.

AT 730 PH MDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM

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WAS MOVING ACROSS THE STATE BORDER INTO WYOMING BUT WAS STILL MUG RAIN IN NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WELD COUNTY SINCE • 530 PM MDT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IHMINEHT OR OCCURRING.

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IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAM AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO HOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

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SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMHEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

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80511 MDT WED JUL 30 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD

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WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

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IN NORTHEAST COLORADO WESTERN ARAPAHOS AND EASTERN DENVER INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS THE WESTERLY CREEK DRAINAGE

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IN THE CITY OF AURORA AND EASTERN DENVER INCLUDING THE LOWREY AIR FORCE BASE AREA.

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VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 4 TO 5 INCHES IN THE TOWN OF AURORA HAS CAUSED WESTERLY CREEK TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS. SANDBAGGING OPERATIONS ARE BRING CONDUCTED IN SOME AREAS OF AURORA. IN ADDITION MANY STREETS

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AND INTERSECTIONS ARE FLOODED IN AURORA AND EASTERN DENVER. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM CELL IS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND MOVING TOWARD

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CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR AND AURORA AND COULD CAUSE MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IE EASTERN DENVER AND AURORA BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PH MDT.

• A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

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IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO HOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND

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NMI DENFFSDEU TTAA00 KM 310206

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C00075-087-123-310300-• SHALL STREAH FLOOD ADVISORY • NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

805 PH HOT WED JUL 30 1997

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM NOT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

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IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WELD...NORTHERN HORGAH AND EXTREME • SOUTHWESTERN CENTRAL LOGAN

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

• ANTELOPE SPRINGS...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...JACKSON RESERVOIR...LOG LANE VILLAGE...HEW RAVER...ORCHARD...PAWNER PASS...STONEHAM...NELDONA AND WIGGINS

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AT 800 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HORGAN COUNTY OH GROUND ALREADY

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SATURATED BY HEAVY RAINS OF YESTERDAY.

ARRAS IN AND AROUND WELDOR...LOG LANE VILLAGE...FORT MORGAN

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MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LOW LYING AREAS ALONG WILDCAT CREEK WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

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EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.. .COUNTRY ROADS.. .NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

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SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. HOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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MINH * DRIFFSDEH

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TTAA00 DEN 310208 COR

C00075-087-123-310300-411

SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

805 PH MDT WED JUL 30 1997

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STRRAH FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PH HDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE • FOLLOWING COUNTIES

• EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WELD...NORTHERN MORGAN AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN

• INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

ANTELOPE SPRINGS...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...JACKSON RESERVOIR...LOG LANE VILLAGE...HEW RAYMER...ORCHARD...PAWHEE • PASS...STONEHAH...WELDONA AND WIGGINS

AT 800 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

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HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HORGAN COUNTY ON GROUND ALREADY SATURATED BY HEAVY RAINS OF YESTERDAY.

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AREAS IN AND AROUND WELDONA...LOG LANE VILLAGE...FORT HORGAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LOW LYING ARRAS ALONG WILDCAT CREEK WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

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EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...HORHALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS

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WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

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URBAN AND SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SHALL

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STREAU FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PH HDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

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NORTHERN DOUGLAS...WESTERU ARAPAHOE...EASTERN DENVER.. .WESTERN ADAMS AND SOUTH CENTRAL WELD

AURORA.. .DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...DENVER...ENGLEWOOD... • LITTLETON...ARAPAHOE PARK...BEHRETT...BEVERLY HILLS...CASTLK

ROCK...COUNTRY GARDENS.. .GREENWOOD VILLAGE.. .HIGHLANDS RANCH... HUDSOH...KEEHESBURG...LOUVIERS...HANILA VILLAGE...PARKER...

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PROSPECT VALLEY...RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR...ROGGEH...ROXBOROUGH PARK...SEDALIA...STRASBURG...SURREY RIDGE AND WATKINS

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AT 824 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORHS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA.. .AS WELL AS NORTHERN DOUGLAS...

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WESTERN ADAMS.. .WESTERN ARAPAHOE AND SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTIES.

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THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES RAIN PER HOUR

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ACCORDING TO WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR. THESE STORMS WERE DYING NORTHEAST AT 20 WILES PER HOUR.

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EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF SHALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

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AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

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* DRIFFSDEN TTAA00 EDEN 310244

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C00075-123-310330-URBAN AND SHALL STREAH FLOOD ADVISORY.. .CORRECTION IN 1ST PARAGRAPH

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 845 PM ilin HED JUL 30 1997

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...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST WELD AND NORTHWEST LOGAN COUNTIES...

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THE FLASH FLOOD MMHG FOR NORTHEAST WELD AND NORTHWEST LOGAN COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PH MDT. THIS WARNING ENCOMPASSES THE TOWN OF WESTPLAINS AS WELL AS TWO MILE CREEK...GEORGE CREEK...

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AND CEDAR CREEK BETWEEN THE WYOMING BORDER DOWNSTREAM TO STERLING RESERVOIR.

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AT 845 PH HDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO WYOMING AND WAS NO LONGER PRODUCING RAIN IN COLORADO. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS EUDED...STREAMS AND CREEKS IN NORTHEAST WELD

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AND NORTHWEST LOGAN COUNTIES BETWEEN THE WYOMING BORDER AND STERLING RESERVOIR WERE STILL RUNNING QUITE HIGH AND COULD FLOOD.

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A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA HOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

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PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

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HIGHER GROUND.

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HUH DENSPSDEN TTAA00 KIM 310251 COZ035-038-310400-SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 850 PH HDT WED JUL 30 1997

...THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD FORT COLLINS...

AT 845 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN

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LARIMER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER MASONVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS.

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THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR.

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LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE FORT COLLINS AREA THROUGH 10 PM. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.

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PERSONS IN OR HEAR FORT COLLINS.. .ESPECIALLY THE PERSONNEL CONDUCTING CLEAN DP AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN THE SPRING CREEK AREA

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SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS THROUGH 10 PH.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FORT COLLIES AREA

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SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY • NATIONAL HEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO • 852 PH HD? WED JUL 30 1997

...VERY HEAVY RAIN DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR OVER NORTHERN HORGAN

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COUNTY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 52...

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A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMUS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR • PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WELD...NORTHERN MORGAN AND EXTREE

SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN IN NORTHEAST COLORADO.

• AT 845 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 52 BETWEEN WILDCAT CREEK AND THE MORGAN/WELD COUNTY LINE. RADAR HAS

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ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1701 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE AREA. ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY...RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE MORE COMMON.

RAIN FALLING ON GROUND SATURATED BY HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY WILL BE ESPECIALLY PHONED TO FLOODING...SUCH AS IN AND AROUND WELDONA...LOG • LANE VILLAGE...FORT MORGAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LOW LYING AREAS

ALONG WILDCAT CREEK.

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FORMBY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WERE MOVING FASTER THAN THOSE LAST EVENING AND THEREFORE HOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE AS MUCH RAINFALL.

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HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SHALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

• ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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AVOID DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

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ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS •

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

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HEM * DENFFSDRH

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TTAA00 EDEN 310255

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SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL HEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 852 P111107 HED JUL 30 1997

...VERY HEAVY RAIN DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR OVER NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 52...

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A SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PH MDT FOR PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HELD...NORTHERN MORGAN AND EXTREME • SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN IN NORTHEAST COLORADO.

AT 845 PH HDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY • HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 52 BETWEEN WILDCAT CREEK AND THE MORGAN/WELD COUNTY LINE. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1701 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE AREA.

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ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY...RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE MORE COMMON.

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GROUND SATURATED BY HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY WILL BE ESPECIALLY PROLE TO FLOODING.. .SUCH AS IN AND AROUND WELDOR...LOG LANE VILLAGE... FORT MORGAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LOW LYING AREAS ALONG WILDCAT

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CREEK.

FORMBY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WERE MOVING FASTER THAN THOSE

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LAST EVENING AND THEREFORE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE AS MUCH RAINFALL.

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HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS HAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SHALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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AVOID DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

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SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. BAKER •

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?TAM KM 310320

C00005-031-310500-411

URBAN AND SHALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

410

915PH HOT WED JUL 30 1997

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WESTERLY CREEK AREA OF

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AURORA AND EXTREME EASTERN DENVER...

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A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM HOT FOR PEOPLE IN AURORA AND EXTREME EASTERN DENVER ALONG THE WESTERLY CREEK DRAINAGE FROM UTAH PARK TO LOWERY AIR FORCE BASH.

•

SANDBAGGING OPERATIONS CONTINUE IN UTAH PARK AT 9 PH MDT WITH ROADS Ill THE VICINITY OF PEORIA AND MEXICO STREETS TEMPORARILY

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CLOSED. WESTERLY CREEK IS AT BARRI!, STAGE FROM THIS LOCATION DOWNSTREAM TO ALAMEDA AND HAVAWSTREETS AND LOWERY AIR FORCE BASE. ALTHOUGH WESTERLY CREEK AND THE NEARBY HIGHLINE CANAL ARE

• RUNNING QUITE HIGH WATER LEVELS WOULD NEED TO RISE ANOTHER 2 RO 3 •

FEET BEFORE ANY HOMES OR BUSINESSES ARE THREATENED.

0

RADAR INDICATES THAT THE LAST THUNDERSTORM CELL IS PRESENT ENTERING

410

SOUTHER AURORA AROUND THE CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR AREA. IT IS WEAKENING AND MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. IT IS NOT EXPECTED

410

TO DUMP ENOUGH ADDITIONAL RAIN TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLOODING.

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* DENFFSDEN TTAA00 KDEN 310353

C00005-031-310500-URBAN AND SHALL STREAM FLOOD STATEHENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

410

915PM HOT RED JUL 30 1997

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES FOR THE WESTERLY CREEK AREA OF

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AURORA AND EXTREME EASTERN DENVER...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WESTERLY CREEK DRAINAGE IN AURORA • AND EXTREME EASTERN DENVER EXPIRES AT 10 PH MDT.

ONLY VERY LIGHT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND WILL CAUSE

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NO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF OR FLOODING PROBLEMS. WATER LEVELS IN WESTERLY CREEK FROM UTAH PARK DOWNSTREAM TO LOWERY AIR FORCE BASE AS WELL AS THE NEARBY HIGHLINE CANAL WILL REMAIN HIGH BUT WILL UNDERGO A SLOW • DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

END...BOODA...WSFO DENVER • SS

•

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HUH • * DENFFSDEll

TTAA00 HEN 310323

C00075-123-310400-411

URBAN AND SMALL STREAH FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

410

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES IN NORTHEAST WELD AND NORTHWEST

410

LOGAN COUNTIES...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEAST WILD AND NORTHWEST LOGAN

410

COUNTIES INCLUDING WESPLAINS...THO MILE CREEK.. .GEORGE CREEK AND CEDAR CREEK EXPIRES AT 930 PH HOTS

410

ALTHOUGH RAIN HAS ENDED IN WELD AND LOGAN COUNTIES SMALL STREAKS AND CREEKS WILL REHM QUITE HIGH THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. STAY AWAY FROM THE FAST RUSHING WATERS IN THE STREAMS OF NORTHEAST

410

WELD AND NORTHWEST LOGAN COUNTIES. DO HOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS AS YOUR VEHICLE COULD STALL AND BE SWEPT AWAY. • END...BOODA...WSFO DENVER

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HUHN

411 *

DRIFFSDEN TTAA00 DEN 310334 C00075-310445-410

SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

410

930 PM BY NED JUL 30 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SHALL STREAH

III

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PH MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

410

Ili NORTHEAST COLORADO WESTERN LOGAN

410

WEST CENTRAL STERLING...ATWOOD...LOGAN CORNERS...NORTH STERLING RESERVOIR...PAWHEE PASS...WESTPLAIHS AND WILLARD

411

AT 925 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORHS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME • SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN AND NEAR THE TOWN OF WILLARD.

RADAR WAS INDICATING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR

III

OVER EXTREHE SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AT 25 MILES PER HOUR OVER GROUND ALREADY SATURATED BY EARLIER RAINFALL. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS

III

POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG SPRING AND PAWNEE CREEKS AS WELL AS RIVER BOTTOM LAUD AROUND ATWOOD.

• PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY ARE URGED TO WATCH WATER LEVELS AS STREAM LEVELS MAY RISE QUICKLY WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS HOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE SPEED AT

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WHICH STORMS WERE MOVING THIS EVENING. BAKER

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• TTAA00 KORN 310348

COZ049-050-310430-0'

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 94511 MDT WED JUL 30 1997

411

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR HASHINGTOH...SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES...

410

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WASHINGTON...SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED AT 945 PH NOT.

•

RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE THAT NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE THREATENING THESE COUNTIES. NO RUNOFF OR FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE • EXPECTED TONIGHT.

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES STILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF

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NORTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAIN SLOPES EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. RAINFALL IN THESE AREAS IS TAPERING OFF AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES IN THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED

411

TO EXPIRE OR BE RESCINDED BY MIDNIGHT.

IN THE MEANTIME SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE IN

410

EFFECT FOR LOGAN COUNTY.

MONITOR LOCAL HEWS OUTLETS OR BOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST

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•

411

* DENFFSDEN

TTAA00 BEN 310354 COR

•

C00005-031-310500-URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMEHT...CORRECTION FOR TIME • NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

955PM MDT WED JUL 30 1997

410

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES FOR THE WESTERLY CREEK AREA OF AURORA AND EXTREME EASTERN DENVER...

•

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WESTERLY CREEK DRAINAGE IN AURORA AND EXTREME EASTERN DENVER EXPIRES AT 10 PH MDT.

ONLY VERY LIGHT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND WILL CAUSE HO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF OR FLOODING PROBLEMS. WATER LEVELS IN WESTERLY CREEK FROM UTAH PARK DOWNSTREAM TO LOWERY AIR FORCE BASE AS WELL AS THE NEARBY HIGHLIHE CANAL WILL REHAB HIGH BUT WILL UNDERGO A SLOW DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

END...BOODA...15F0 DENVER $$

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TTAA00 DEN 310403

C00001-005-031-035-039-087-123-310445-URBAN AND SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

410

1000 PH HOT WED JUL 30 1997

...RAINFALL FINALLY ON THE DECLINE...

411

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER IS CANCELLING THE URBAN AND SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

410

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

NORTHERN DOUGLAS.. .WESTERN ARAPAHOE...EASTERN DENVER... • CENTRAL ADAHS...SOUTH CENTRAL WELD AND HORGAH.

RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY IN THE PAST HALF HOUR WITH

III

PASSAGE OF A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE. RAINFALL RATES IN THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE DECLINED TO UNDER 1/4 INCH PER HOUR AS OF 945 PM MDT. ALTHOUGH...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH-CENTRAL ADM

411

AND SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTIES CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH PER HOUR.

410

THESE STORMS TOO WILL WEAKEN AND/OR DISSIPATE IN THE NEXT HOUR WITH FOG FORMING IN MR AREAS AFTER HIDRIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS

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• * DEUFFSDEU TTAA00 KORN 310426

C00075-310445-411

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

411

...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LOGAN COUNTY EXPIRES...

•

THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1030 PM MDT. RADAR SHOWS THAT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

41,

OVER LOGAN COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED AND DISSIPATED. A FEW LIGHT RAIN

MPS

144Y WM. TBRINGR WM

THIRD 9F 1410 OVPTY BEFORE

HIDHIGHT BUT ADDITIOAL

RA1O1ALL AHOOT8 WILL BE tEss TgAll 1/4 HOU. 410

WATER LEVELS Ill SHALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND WHERE FLOODING IS OCCURRING WILL PEAK BY MIDNIGHT THEN SLOWLY DECREASE.

411

A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 6 AM HDT ALONG THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER FROM THE ATWOOD AREA EAST TO THE SEDGWICK COUNTY LINE.

411

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST LOGAN COUNTY SHOULD AVOID FAST MOVING WATERS IN SHALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH

4111

FLOODED AREAS OF ROADS AS THE PAVEMENT HAY BE WASHED OUT AND VEHICLES COULD STALL AND BE SWEPT AWAY.

411

END...BOODA...16F0 DENVER

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* DRISPSDEN ?TAM KIM 310452

COZ030-032)50-310800-SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

410

...ANOTHER HET DAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO... 41/

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS ONCE AGAIN FIRED OVER

NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. THE PERSISTENT STREAM OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE

410 '

INTERACTED WITH A LITTLE MORE DAYTIME HEATING TODAY THAN IN THE RECENT PAST RESULTING Ill A MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE.

411

STORMS BEGAN FIRING OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA BY HID AFTERNOON. STORMS REACHED SEVERE LEVELS IN THE BOULDER AREA...PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1.25 INCHES IN

411

DIAMETER IN BOULDER. HEAVY RAINS ALSO ACCOMPANIED THE THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 0.90 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES IN THE TABLE MESA VICINITY OF BOULDER.. .TO 0.70 INCHES 111 10

411

MINUTES. HEAR 30TH AND BASELINE IN BOULDER A HALF All INCH OF RAIN FELL IN JUST 10 MINUTES.

111

THE HEAYY

RAIN DIM OCCUR JUST IN EOULDIR-THE EAST SIDR OP THR

DENVER METRO AREA...SPECIFICALLY AURORA...WAS HIT AS WELL. RAINFALL

AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 1 1/2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES AN HOUR WERE COMMON IN PARTS

411

OF AURORA.. .INCLUDING THE RIFF AND CHAMBERS AREA...BUCKLEY AND HEXICO...AND OH EAST COLFAX. THE WESTERLY CREEK NEAR UTAH PARK HAD TO UNDERGO SOME SANDBAGGING OPERATIONS. HANY REPORTS OF STANDING

411

WATER ON ROADS WERE RECEIVED AS WELL AS A STREET CLOSURE AT PEORIA AND MEXICO. THE HIGHLINE CANAL CREEK WAS ALSO RUNNING HIGH AFTER THE DELUGE...BUT IT WOULD HAVE HEEDED TO RISE ANOTHER 2 FEET TO CAUSE

410

ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS OF NEARBY HOMES OR BUSINESSES. RADAR INDICATED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 4 TO 5 INCHES Ill PARTS OF AURORA.

411

UNFORTUNATELY.. .THE WEATHER DID MORE THAN CREATE WATER

HAZARDS...INCONVENIENCES AND DELAYS TODAY. TWO GOLFERS WERE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AT KENNEDY GOLF COURSE...OHE OF WHICH WAS KILLED.

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS SHOWING SIGHS OF WEAKENING LATE THIS EVENING...WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF THE WATER LOGGED

410

COMMUNITIES OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. DESPITE THE DISSIPATING STORMS...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM THURSDAY HORNING FOR A PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER FROM ATWOOD TO THE

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SEDGWICK COUNTY LINE.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. 411

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* DEHSPSDEU TTAA00 KDEN 310507 •

CON33450-310600-SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

41)

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1105 PM HOT WED JUL 30 1997

410

_FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO AND THE FRONT RANGE

411

FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE HAS BEEN CANCELLED AT 11 PH NOT.

410

AT 11 PM MDT RADAR INDICATES THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND DISSIPATED WITH JUST A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS IN MORGAN...LOGAN AND WELD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THESE SHOWERS WILL BE

411

1/4 INCH OR LESS AND SHOULD HOT ADD TO ANY OF THE FLOODING OR RUNOFF PROBLEMS THAT EXIST IN NORTHEAST COLORADO.

411

ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS CEASED RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH THROUGH THE NIGHT. STAY AWAY FROM THE RAPIDLY MOVING WATERS IN STREAMS AND RIVERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS OR DRIVE THROUGH SWIFT

411

MOVING WATER THAT IS COVERING ROADS AS THE PAVEMENT MAY BE WASHED AWAY. YOUR VEHICLE COULD STALL AND ALSO BE SWEPT AWAY.

410

A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AREA IN LOGAN COUNTY FROM ATWOOD TO THE SEDWICK COUNTY LINE.

•

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410

MINH * MMUS TTAA00 KCYS 310757

410

RECORD REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE NY

410

157 AM MDT THU JUL 31 1997 NEW RECORD DAILY RAINFALL...

410

THE 0.98 INCH OF RAIN THAT FELL IN CHEYENNE ON YESTERDAY JULY 30 HAS THE MOST RAIN FALL EVER RECEIVED ON THAT DATE. THE PREVIOUS

410

RECORD WAS 0.82 INCH RECEIVED OH JULY 30 BACK IN 1919. HOUSE

410

•

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11111111 * OMARERBFF

TTAA00 KCYS 310804

410

RECORD REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE NY 159 AM MDT THU JUL 31 1997

NEW RECORD DAILY RAINFALL AT SCOTTSBLUFF...

411

THE 1.30 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL YESTERDAY JULY 30 WAS A NEW RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE DAY. THE OLD RECORD WAS 0.72 OF AN INCH OF RAIN RECEIVED ON THAT DATE IN 1961.

410

1.26 INCHES OF THE 1.30 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL YESTERDAY FELL AFTER 6 PH HOT.

410

HOUSE

410

•

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• TTAA00 HEN 311229

C00075-311800-410

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 630AM MDT THU JUL 31 1997

.

...FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR STERLING TERMINATED...

41,

THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER IN LOGAN COUNTY FROM ATWOOD TO THE SEDGWICK COUNTY LIND IS TERMINATED AS OF 6AM THIS HORNING.

•

ALTHOUGH HIGH HATERS ARE STILL IN EVIDENCE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA...AND THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER IS OUT OF BANKS IN

410

SOME AREAS...RIVER LEVELS ON THE SOUTH PLATTE SHOULD NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM UNLESS A LOT OF RAIN FALLS OVER THE AREA TODAY.

THERE IS CONCERN THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY OCCUR OVER THE AREA AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. STARY TUNED TO BOAA WEATHER

410

RADIO OR OTHER SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION OH THIS SITUATION.

•

TIMM •

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•

DENFFSDEll

• TTAA00 KDEN 311235 COR C00075-311800-411 FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

630 AM LOT THU JUL 31 1997 ...MINOR SPELLING CORRECTIONS...

•

...FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH PLATTE RIVER HEAR STERLING TERMINATED... 411 THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER IN LOGAN COUNTY... FROM ATWOOD TO THE SEDGWICK COUNTY LINE... IS TERMINATED AS OF BAN THIS MORNING.

•

ALTHOUGH HIGH WATERS ARE STILL IN EVIDENCE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA...AND THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER IS OUT OF BANKS IN 411 SOME AREAS.. .RIVER LEVELS ON THE SOUTH PLATTE SHOULD HOT BE A

SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM UNLESS A LOT OF RAIN FALLS OVER THE AREA TODAY.

•

THERE IS CONCERN THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY OCCUR OVER THE AREA AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER III RADIO OR OTHER SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION OH THIS

SITUATION.

•

TURIEL

•

411

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TTAA00 KIM 311458

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

410

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 858 All MDT THU JUL 31 1997

411

-HEW RECORD 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR JULY...

ON JULY 30TH...1997...2.71 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT THE

411

DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD FOR 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION FOR JULY FOR DENVER. THE OLD RECORD WAS 2.42 INCHES SET IN 1965. THE RECORD FOR 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION FOR ANY MONTH STILL

410

STANDS AT 6.53 INCHES SET DURING HAY 21-22 IN 1876

THE JULY DENVER TOTAL THROUGH JULY 30TH IS UP TO 5.46 INCHES. THE

411

NORMAL MONTH TO DATE PRECIPITATION THROUGH JULY 30TH IS 1.93 INCHES. THE YEARLY TOTAL IS HOW DP TO 11.96 INCHES COMPARED TO A NORMAL YEAR TO DATE OF 10.58 INCHES.

410

THESE TOTALS COULD INCREASE TODAY...JULY 31ST,..BECAUSE THE FORECAST FOR TODAY CONTINUES TO HAVE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY

410

RAIL

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BENTON

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uuii

411 *

DEMOB TTAA00 BEN 311501

PUBLIC INFORMATION STAMM • NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

858 AM MDT THU JUL 31 1997

411 _HEW RECORD 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR JULY...

ON JULY 30TH...1997...2.71 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT THE

41,

DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD FOR 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION FOR JULY FOR DENVER. THE OLD RECORD WAS 2.42 INCHES SET IN 1965. THE RECORD FOR 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION FOR ANY MONTH STILL • STANDS AT 6.53 INCHES SET DURING HAY 21-22 111 1876.

THE JULY DENVER TOTAL THROUGH JULY 30TH IS UP TO 5.46 INCHES. THE

40

NORMAL HUTH TO DATE PRECIPITATION THROUGH JULY 30TH IS 1.93 INCHES. THE YEARLY TOTAL IS NOW UP TO 11.96 INCHES COMPARED TO A NORHAL YEAR TO DATE OF 10.58 INCHES.

•

THESE TOTALS COULD INCREASE TODAY...JULY 31ST.. .BECAUSE THE FORECAST FOR TODAY CONTINUES TO HAVE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY

• RAIL

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•

• * DE161)50E11

UMW BEN 311556

410

COMO-032450-010600-SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO •

NATIONAL HEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1000 AM HDT THU JUL 31 1997

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

BAN ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DRIVER DOUGLAS ELBERT GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LAMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDG WICK SUMMIT WASHINGTON WELD

SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL MONSOONAL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WRAPPING AROUND AN UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL PROVIDE AMPLE MOISTURE FOR A CONTINUED THREAT OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAIN ACROSS THE AREA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WHILE ONE OR TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THE GREATEST WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL OF 1.00 TO 3.00 INCHES AN HOUR IS POSSIBLE. DUE TO

SATURATED SOIL MOISTURE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS REMAINS LIKELY.

WHILE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS HOT NEEDED AT THIS TIME...THE WEATHER SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND NIGHT AND UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED.

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* DEMSDEN

41)

TTAA00 KORN 311634 COR

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT.. .CORRECTED 24 HOUR TOTAL • NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1033 All HDT THU JUL 31 1997

411

...HEW RECORD 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR JULY...

IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN JULY 29TH AND JULY 30TH.. .3.06 INCHES OF

411

PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED AT THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD FOR 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION FOR JULY FOR DENVER. THE OLD RECORD WAS 2.42 INCHES SET IN 1965. THE RECORD FOR 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION FOR ANY NORTH STILL STANDS AT 6.53 INCHES SET DURING MAY 21-22 111 1876.

•

FROM HIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT OH JULY 30TH...1997...2.71 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE JULY DENVER TOTAL THROUGH JULY 30TH IS UP TO 5.46 INCHES. THE NORMAL MONTH TO DATE PRECIPITATION THROUGH JULY 30TH IS 1.93 INCHES. THE YEARLY TOTAL IS NOW UP TO 11.96 INCHES COHPARED TO A NORMAL YEAR TO DATE OF 10.58 INCHES.

THESE TOTALS COULD INCREASE TODAY...JULY 31ST.. .BECAUSE THE FORECAST FOR TODAY CONTINUES TO HAVE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.

411

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BENTON

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TTAA00 KOH 311759

C00001-005-013-019-031-035-039-047-059-069-073-075-087-093-095-115-411

121-123-010600-• BULLETIN - IHHEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

41,

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1200 PH HDT THU JUL 31 1997 410

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

410

BOULDER...JEFFERSON...DOUGLAS...ARAPAHOE...DENVER...ADAMS... • WELD...MORGAN...WASHINGTOH...LOGAH...PHILLIPS AND SEDGWICK

IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO

• EASTERN LARIHER

IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO • ELBERT AND LINCOLN

IN CENTRAL COLORADO

• NORTHEASTERN PARK...EASTERN CLEAR CREEK AND GILPIN

THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE GREATER DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA • INCLUDING BOULDER AND CASTLE ROCK...THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR

INCLUDING FORT COLLINS AND GREELEY...THE FRONT RANGE EASTERN FOOTHILLS INCLUDING ESTES PARK...IDAHO SPRINGS AND CENTRAL CITY AND

411

TOWNS ON THE HIGH PLAINS INCLUDING hIMON...FORT HORGAN...AKRON AND STERLING.

• ...REPEAT THIS IS A WATCH AND NOT A WARNING...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE • WATCH AREA. PEOPLE 111 THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHECK

PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS.. .KEEP INFORMED.. .AHD BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING THREATENS.

•

PERSISTENT MONSOONAL FLOW ALOFT FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MOISTURE

411

COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS MEANS THUNDERSTORMS FORMING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WILL AGAIN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL OF 1.00 TO 3.00 INCHES AN HOUR

410

CAN BE EXPECTED. SATURATED SOILS FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL ALLOW MOST OF THIS RAIN TO RUNOFF INTO SHALL STREAMS

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110

HRH * DEUSPSDEll TTAA00 MN 312003 410

COZ041-312045-SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

• NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 200 PH UDT THU JUL 31 1997

111

...THUUDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY... AT 155 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

410

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY. SMALL

411

HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.

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THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO AN INCH All HOUR HAD FALLEN SOUTHWEST

• OF KIM. •

PERSONS IN OR HEAR ELIZABETH AND KIOWA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

410

THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER APPROACHES.

410

SOME ROADS MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. DO HOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

410

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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410

TTAA00 EDEN 312029

C00039-312100-411

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO • 225 PM MDT THU JUL 31 1997

THE NATIONAL HEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE

410

THUNDERSTORH WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PH HOT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

410

IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO NORTH CENTRAL ELBERT

410

AT 225 PH MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 32 MILES WEST OF LIHOH.

THE STORH WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

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VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. NORMALLY DRY CREEK BEDS AND STREAMS CAN QUICKLY FILL. MOTORISTS SHOULD HOT TRY TO CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

•

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING.. .SO BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF ONE IS SPOTTED. REPORT SEVERE HEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL

411

HIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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HIRIU * DEHSVSDEN

TTAA00 BEN 312050

C00039-312100-SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL HEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO • 250 PM HOT THU JUL 31 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORH WARNING UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR NORTH • CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY...

AT 247 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A • SEVERE THUNDERSTORH 15 HILES SOUTHWEST OF AGATE...OR ABOUT 30 MILES

WEST NORTHWEST OF LIHON.

411

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 HILES PER HOUR.

A SPOTTER IN DEER TRAIL REPORTED A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTHWEST OF

• AGATE.

VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. NORMALLY DRY CREEK

411

BEDS AND STREAMS CAN QUICKLY FILL. MOTORISTS SHOULD HOT TRY TO CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

410

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING...SO BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF ONE IS SPOTTED.

411

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

•

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* DENTORDEH TTAA00 HEN 312058

C00039-312130-BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 257 PH HDT THU JUL 31 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PH MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

CENTRAL ELBERT

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AT 255 PM HDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AGATE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF LIMON.

411

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.

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PERSONS IN AGATE SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A

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WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO

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COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

•

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A

SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. •

hESZUHSKI

LAT...LON 3941 10399 3933 10410 3937 10416 3946 10407

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411 *

DEMSDEN TTAA00 MN 312115

C00039-312130-411

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT

• NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

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315 PM HOT THU JUL 31 1997 •

...TORHADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM HOT..

•

AT 312 PM HOT.. .DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO A THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 WILES SOUTHWEST OF AGATE...OR 23 BILKS

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WEST OF LIMON.

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR.

•

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

411

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS Ill EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

• LESZCHSKI

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HUHN DENFFSDEM

411

TTAA00 KIM 312118

C00059-093-312230-410

SMALL STREAH FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 318 PH MDT THU JUL 31 1997

. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SHALL STREAK FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM HOT FOR PEOPLE IN THE • FOLLOWING COUNTIES

410

SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON Ill CENTRAL COLORADO

• EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PARK INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

• ASPEN PARK...BAILEY...SHAFFERS CROSSING...PIHE JUNCTION... CONIFER AND PINE

410

AT 314 PH MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HEAR THE INTERSECTION OF U.S HIGHWAY 285 AND PINE HIGHWAY IN SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS

410

INDICATED OH RADAR IN AND HEAR THE TOWNS OF PINE JUNCTION AND SHAFFERS CROSSING.

410

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN THE AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SHALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUHTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY

410

GULLIES...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR

410

TAKING IT OVER THE ELK AND WEST RESORT CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS IN THE NEXT 30 MIMES.

410

PEOPLE IN AHD HEAR THIS STORM ARE URGED TO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY SUDDENLY COVER LOW LYING ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES

411

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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MINH DENTORDEH

410

TTAA00 HEN 312131

C00039-312200-410

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO • 328 PH MDT THU JUL 31 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING

411

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PH HOT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES Ill EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

• EAST CENTRAL ELBERT

AT 328 PH MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

41,

THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY.. .OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF LIMON.

•

410

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

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VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

410

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS

411

AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIR FLAT IN THE

411

NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HAIM. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY AT 257 PM MDT. LESZCHSKI

40

LAT...LON 3944 10383 3925 10383 3926 10400 3945 10400

•

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* DENTISDEN TTAA00 HEN 312149

410

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 350 PM HDT THU JUL 31 1997

410

...TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM MDT... AT 347 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A • THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF CEDER

POINT. .OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINN.

411

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 HILES PER HOUR.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. •

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

410

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* DEMFFSDEH ?MOO MN 312157

411

C00059-312330-SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

410

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 355 PH MDT THU JUL 31 1997

410

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS EXPANDED THE SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM HDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES 110

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO SOUTHERN JEFFERSON •

ASPEN PARK.. .BUFFALO CREEK...CONIFER...SHAFFERS CROSSING... • PINE...PINE JUNCTION AND SOUTH PLATTE

AT 350 PM HOT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

410

HEAVY RAIN ALONG U.S HIGHWAY 285 PEAR SHAMES CROSSINGS IN SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED ON RADAR IN AND HEAR THE TOWNS OF SHAFFERS CROSSING...GREEN VALLEY

41,

ACRES AND BUFFALO CREEK.

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN DETECTED BY RADAR • IN THE AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM COULD WILL LIKELY

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS... NORMALLY DRY GULLIES...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG CREEKS AND

• STREAMS.

THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR

411

TAKING IT OVER THE ELK AND REST RESORT CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.

411

PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THIS STORM ARE URGED TO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY SUDDENLY COVER LOW LYING ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES • CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.

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NUNN * DEHSVRDEN

410

?TAM KOH 312202

411 C00039-073-121-312300-411

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

fl/ 400 PH MDT THU JUL 31 1997 •

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE

ill

THUNDERSTORH WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM HDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE •

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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IN NORTHEAST COLORADO SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON

410

IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO •

NORTHEASTERN ELBERT AND NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN

0

AT 400 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 HILES NORTH OF LINN.

•

410

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

410

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR HO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO HOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SHALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A • TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. •

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN DENVER. •

LESNYHSKI

410

LAT...LON 3960 10329 3932 10370 3946 10386 3975 10352

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41/

EMMEN TTAA00 KDEN 312204

411

CON40-312245-SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

411

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 404 PH HDT THU JUL 31 1997

• _THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN OVER NORTH CENTRAL

iOUGLAS...WESTERN ARAPAHOE...SOUTHWESTERN DENVER AND SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

411

AT 405 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH GLENN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER.

411

THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR AND PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 0.50 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR.

410

PERSONS IN OR HEAR AURORA.. .SOUTHERN DENVER...EHGLEHOOD... LITTLETON...ARAPAHOE PARK...CHATFIELD RESERVOIR.. .GREENWOOD VILLAGE.. .HIGHLANDS RANCH AND SHERIDAN SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR • HEAVY RAINFALL. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS

DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO HOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY HAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND

411

RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

410

SHORT LIVED WEAK TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RJK

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* !AMMO MOO DEN 312211

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fi) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 410 PH HDT THU JUL 31 1997

410

...TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY CANCELLED.• •

• THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY HAS BEEN

0

CANCELLED. DOPPLER RADAR NO LONGER SHOWS INDICATIONS OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO.

410

THE STORM WAS MOVING INTO LINCOLN COUNTY. LESZUHSKI

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UHUN * DEUFFSDEH

410

TTAA00 KIM 312221

C00001-005-031-035-059-010030-410

URBAN AND SMALL STREAH FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 420 PM MDT THU JUL 31 1997

411

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PH MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

410

FOLLOWING COUNTIES • IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

• EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON.. .NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS...WESTERN ARAPAHOE...DENVER AND SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS

410

AURORA.. .COMMERCE CITY.. .SOUTHERN DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...DENVER...ENGLEWOOD...LAKEWOOD...LITTLETON...EAST

410

CENTRAL WHEAT RIDGE...CHATFIELD RESERVOIR...GREENWOOD VILLAGE... HIGHLANDS RANCH...IDLEDALE...LOUVIERS...MORRISON...RED ROCKS PARK...ROXBOROUGH PARK...SHERIDAN...SURREY RIDGE AND WATKINS

41,

AT 415 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTIES IN

411

SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN DETECTED ON DOPPLER RADAR.

410

STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.

THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED FROM 0.58 TO 1.00 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST

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20 MINUTES IN LITTLETOH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...FUNNELS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED HEAR CHATFIELD RESERVOIR WITH THESE STORMS.

410

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

410•

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

411

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. HOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

S.

BAKER

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* DENFFSDEN TTAA00 DEN 312221

C00001-005-031-035-059-010030-•

URBAN AND SMALL STREAli FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 420 PH MDT THU JUL 31 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PH HOT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON.. .11011TH CENTRAL DOUGLAS...WESTERN ARAPAHOE...DENVER AND SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS

AURORA.. .COMMERCE CITY...SOUTHERN DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...DENVER...ENGLEWOOD...LAKEWOOD...LITTLETON...EAST CENTRAL WHEAT RIDGE...CHATFIELD RESERVOIR...GREENWOOD VILLAGE... HIGHLANDS RANCH...IDLEDALE...LOUVIERS...HORRISOH...RED ROCKS PARK...ROXBOROUGH PARK...SHERIDAH...SURREY RIDGE AND WATKINS AT 415 PH MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE DENVER HETRO AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN DETECTED ON DOPPLER RADAR.

STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 HILES PER HOUR.

THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED FROM 0.58 TO 1.00 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 20 MINUTES IN LITTLETON.

410

VERY HEAVY RAIN...SHALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...FUNNELS HAVE

410

BEEN OBSERVED HEAR CHATFIELD RESERVOIR WITH THESE STORMS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS • AND STREAMS.. .HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO HOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

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•

HEIN • * DEMSDEN

410

TTAA00 MN 312231

C00039-073-121-312300-•410

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO • 430 P111107 THU JUL 31 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST ELBERT • COUNTY...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 5 P111107 FOR NORTH CENTRAL • LINCOLN AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 425 PH 1107...HATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

410

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LIMON.

•

411

THE STORH WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

411

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH

410

LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN •

A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

•

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

410

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO fi)

UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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410

MIN * DEMEAN TTAA00 MAN 312301

410 .

C00073-121-312300-SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT

410

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 500 PH MDT THU JUL 31 1997

410

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR HORTHCENTRAL LINCOLN AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

411

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHCENTRAL LINCOLN AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

410

AT 425 PM MDT. ..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORMS HAVE DROPPED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

410

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THE STORMS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR HAD FALLEN OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY.

•

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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HUN * DENFFSDEN TTAA00 BEN 312255

C00059-312330-SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 450 PH HOT THU JUL 31 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS EXTENDED THE SHALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 700 PH HDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES Ill NORTHEAST COLORADO...

SOUTHERN JEFFERSON

ASPEN PARK...BUFFALO CREEK...CONIFER...SHAFFERS CROSSING... FOXTON...KASSLER...PINE...PINE JUNCTION AND SOUTH PLATTE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE HOST PART HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OUT OF THE ADVISORY AREA AS OF 445 PM MDT LEAVING BEHIND FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED LOW LAND FLOODING ALONG BUFFALO CREEK NEAR THE TOWN OF BUFFALO CREEK WITH ROAD 126 CLOSED AT LAST WORD DUE TO HIGH WATERS.

HIGH WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED ON SPRING CREEK...6 MILES EAST OF THE TOWN OF BUFFALO CREEK.

AT 445 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A SECOND WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST PARK COUNTY. THESE STORMS HERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR...AND ARE EXPECTED TO HOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS.. .DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

•

410

RAINFALL RATES OF 1702 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM COULD WILL LIKELY CAUSE

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS... NORMALLY DRY

411

GULLIES...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. PEOPLE IN AND HEAR THIS STORM ARE URGED TO AVOID DRIVING INTO ARRAS WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY SUDDENLY COVER LOW LYING ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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•

* DEHSVSDEH

. TTAA00 KM 312305 COR •

C00073-121-312300-SEVERE HEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO CHANGE TIME OF REPORT... • NATIONAL HEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

505 PH MDT THU JUL 31 1997

• ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR HORTHCENTRAL LINCOLN

AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

411

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR UORTHCENTRAL LINCOLN AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

411

AT 455 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE •

STORMS HAVE DROPPED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

• VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THE STORMS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

411

INDICATE UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR HAD FALLEN OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY.

•

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.