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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

255 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR AREAS BETWEEN THE SPANISH PEAKS AND AGUILAR.



RADAR AT 256 PM INDICATED THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS 

MOVED EAST AND IS NOW LOCATED EAST OF I-25...SOUTHEAST OF AGUILAR. 

THE THREAT OF NEW RAINFAL WITH THIS STORM HAS ENDED...BUT FLOODING 

IS STILL LIKELY ALONG THE APISHAPA RIVER AND ASSOCIATED TRIBUTARIES. 



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WEST OF 

GULNARE IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE APISHAPA RIVER.



RESIDENTS OF GULNARE AND AGUILAR SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY 

RISING WATER.



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. AS

LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR

VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...

INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE

VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING

WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER

RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING

LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.



LAT...LON 3756 10430 3718 10430 3718 10478 3756 10478

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