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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

905 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT 

WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES...



PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF LOW 

LYING AREAS AND NUMEROUS CREEKS...STREAMS AND ROADWAYS IN PORTIONS 

OF BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES.  HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN 

THESE AREAS TONIGHT...BUT FLOODING IS STILL A PROBLEM ESPECIALLY 

ALONG CLAY CREEK...AND HIGHWAY 287 IN PROWERS COUNTY.  RISES IN THE 

ARKANSAS RIVER WILL OCCUR...BUT FLOODING OF THE RIVER IS NOT 

EXPECTED.  WITH RAIN NO LONGER OCCURRING...WATER LEVELS SHOULD BE 

STARTING TO RECEDE.



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 AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER.

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

UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES

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



LAT...LON 3818 10211 3766 10209 3766 10317 3819 10316

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