

000 

WGUS75 KPUB 300759

FFSPUB

COC089-300945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

151 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM MDT MONDAY 

MORNING FOR OTERO COUNTY...



STRONG AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS    

ESTIMATED TO BE 2.5 INCHES OR GREATER OVER SOME LOCATIONS IN   

SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY.  THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT SMALL CREEKS 

AND ARROYOS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH...AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 345 AM.



AT 145 PM...DEPUTIES REPORTED THAT THE HIGH WATER IN ANDERSON ARROYO 

IS JUST SOUTH OF LA JUNTA.  ANDERSON ARROYO SOUTH OF LA JUNTA 

FLOWING OUTSIDE OF ITS BANK AT SOME SPOTS.  THE FAST FLOWING ARROYO 

CONTAINS SOME DEBRIS INCLUDING TREES.



AS THE HIGH WATER FLOWS THROUGH LA JUNTA...SOME FLASH FLOODING ALONG 

ANDERSON ARROYO IS LIKELY.  PERSONS NEAR ANDERSON ARROYO SHOULD BE 

PREPARED FOR SOME FLASH FLOODING.  THE HIGH WATER MAY ALSO CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS ALONG ANDERSON ARROYO...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 

50.



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 3797 10347 3784 10344 3784 10363 3797 10363



$$

