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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1244 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004



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

UNTIL 315 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING...



AT 1237 AM THIS MORNING...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS 

CONTINUING OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY FROM AREAS JUST NORTH OF 

PEYTON...SOUTHWEST TO FALCON...AND THEN TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. 

ALTHOUGH INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...NEW 

STORMS WERE REDEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. 



THIS STORM ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT SOME OF THE FOLLOWING DRAINAGE 

AREAS...



MONUMENT CREEK...FOUNTAIN CREEK...SAND CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK.



HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER THE GREATER COLORADO SPRINGS 

REGION...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND FLASH 

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THIS HEAVY RAIN AND 

EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WHICH FELL EARLIER IN THE DAY.



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...AND OVER OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS.



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