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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

516 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BENT COUNTY UNTIL 

630 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LEFT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN BENT 

COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER CADDOA CREEK...SNIF CREEK...AND MUD 

CREEK...OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS. WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING ALONG THESE 

CREEKS.  IN ADDITION...THESE CREEKS FEED INTO THE ARKANSAS RIVER 

BELOW JOHN MARTIN DAM...AND AS THE WATER FLOWS INTO THESE AREAS OVER 

THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN THIS AREAS AS WELL.



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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