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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

820 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PROWERS 

COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING...



AT 815 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER INDICATED ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUING 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY...WITH THE STRONGEST 

STORMS LOCATED NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN IS NO 

LONGER ANTICIPATED...RADAR ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH FAST FLOWING 

WATER AND FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY IN STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE 

ARKANSAS RIVER THROUGH 9 PM. THE MOST LIKELY PLACES FOR FLOODING ARE 

ALONG HIGHWAY 196 NEAR COTTONWOOD CREEK...ALONG WITH BIG SANDY CREEK 

AND BUFFALO CREEK.  



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.



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