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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

630 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2001



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700

PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR



  WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY.



AT 620 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 94...BETWEEN 

PETERSON AND SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASES.  



VERY SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROUGHT HEAVY RAINS 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND THE I-25 CORRIDOR. HAM RADIO 

REPORTS...ALONG WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES...INDICATE 1 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE 5 PM MDT. ALTHOUGH 

THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE LEFT THE URBAN CORRIDOR...PONDING AND 

STANDING WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE. ALSO RISES 

IN STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES ON AND ALONG FOUNTAIN CREEK WILL ALSO 

CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF

NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP

CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...

WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR

ALONG CREEKS...IN UNDERPASSES...AND OVER OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AND

STREETS.





LAT...LON 3910 10442 3861 10442 3860 10492 3911 10492

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