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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

355 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM MDT MONDAY 

MORNING FOR OTERO COUNTY...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ANDERSON ARROYO HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 

545 AM.  DEPUTIES REPORT THAT ANDERSON ARROYO IN LA JUNTA IS JUST 

ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...WITH WATER FLOWING ON SOME STREETS ADJACENT TO 

ANDERSON ARROYO.  THE WATER LEVEL IN ANDERSON ARROYO WILL REMAIN AT 

OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH AROUND 500 AM...THEN START TO 

FALL.  SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND FIELDS NEXT TO ANDERSON ARROYO 

WILL OCCUR THROUGH 545 AM. 



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 3799 10349 3781 10348 3780 10363 3798 10363



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