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WGUS75 KPUB 300908

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COC089-300945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

259 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003



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

MORNING FOR OTERO COUNTY...



ON SUNDAY EVENING...STRONG AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ESTIMATED TO BE 2.5 INCHES OR GREATER OVER SOME 

LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY.  EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS 

ENDED...SMALL CREEKS AND ARROYOS ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH...AND WILL 

CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THROUGH 4 AM.



DEPUTIES REPORT THAT THE HIGH WATER IN ANDERSON ARROYO REACH LA 

JUNTA AROUND 230 AM.  THE WATER LEVEL WAS JUST ABOVE BANK 

FULL...WITH SOME WATER ON STREETS NEAR THE ARROYO.



THE WATER LEVELS IN ANDERSON ARROYO ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR 

ABOVE BANK FULL THROUGH 345 AM.  SOME FLOODING OF NEARBY ROADS IS 

LIKELY.  



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 10344 3783 10348 3783 10361 3798 10364



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