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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

606 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO...TELLER...FREMONT... 

CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES...UNTIL MIDNIGHT...



DEEP MOIST EASTERLY FLOW REMAINS OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO. THIS FLOW 

IS CAUSING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE 

MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL COLORADO. THIS AREA INCLUDES ALL OF THE PIKES 

PEAK REGION...FREMONT COUNTY...THE COLLEGIATE RANGE AND THE GREATER 

LEADVILLE REGION. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

TO OCCUR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. 



DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS INCLUDE EXTREME NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND 

NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY. THESE AREAS HAVE RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN. OTHER HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LAKE COUNTY...AS LEADVILLE HAS 

RECEIVED OVER ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. 



RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS SHOULD 

REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING 

ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COLORADO. 

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