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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

750 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2001



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 

PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY.



AT 745 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY 

RAIN CONTINUING ALONG A LINE SOUTHEAST OF FALCON...TO SOUTHEAST OF 

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE. LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW THESE STORMS 

ARE SLOWING WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 

HOWEVER...RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE STILL 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH 830 PM. 



ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE CITY OF COLORADO 

SPRINGS...RESIDENTS SHOULD USE CAUTION NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS 

WHICH FEED INTO FOUNTAIN CREEK...AS EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM PAST 

STORMS MAY CAUSE STREAMS TO RUN AT OR NEAR BANK FULL.  



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.

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