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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

908 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT SUNDAY

EVENING FOR



  EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY



AT 901 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...JUST NORTH 

OF PENROSE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS OCCURRED THIS EVENING ALONG THE BEAVER AND EIGHT MILE CREEK 

DRAINAGES NORTH OF PENROSE. 



THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM ACROSS THE AREA...WHICH WILL PRODUCE RAPIDLY 

RISING WATER ALONG NORMALLY DRY CREEKS AND ARROYOS. 



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...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK

BANKS.



WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING...

SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY 

WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY. 



LAT...LON 3844 10518 3846 10498 3865 10493 3864 10523

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