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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

846 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FRIDAY 

EVENING FOR BACA COUNTY...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON 

HIGHWAY 287 385 BETWEEN CAMPO AND SPRINGFIELD...WHICH INCLUDES THE 

SAND ARROYO BASIN.  THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE 

WEAKENED SOME SINCE 820 PM.



DOPPLER RADAR ALSO ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST BACA COUNTY IN THE COMANCHE GRASSLANDS AND 

AROUND SKULL AND WHITBY CANYONS...ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF STRONG 

STORMS.



BACA COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFFS REPORT HIGHWAY 287 385 WAS UNDER WATER 

IN PLACES BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 17.  IN ADDITION...WATER WAS 

FLOODING COUNTY ROADS M AND Q A FEW MILES NORTH OF CAMPO.



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. FLOODING WILL OCCUR

ALONG CREEKS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.



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