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WGUS75 KPUB 100314

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COC041-100415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

911 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY AND 

THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING...



HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER COLORADO SPRINGS...BUT REPORTS OF WATER 1 

TO 1 1/2 FEET DEEP IN LOW LYING AREAS AND OVER STREETS WAS STILL 

BEING REPORTED.  SAND AND COTTONWOOD CREEKS WERE WITHIN THEIR 

BANKS.  WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO RECEDE THROUGHOUT THE COLORADO 

SPRINGS AREA THROUGH 1015 PM.



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...AND 

OVER OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS.



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