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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

105 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR UNTIL 315 AM MDT 

SATURDAY MORNING...



...HEAVY RAINS DECREASING OVER NORTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY...



AT 100 AM THIS MORNING...DOPPLER RADAR ALONG WITH ALERT RAIN GAUGES 

INDICATED HEAVY RAINS WERE DECREASING OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. 

BETWEEN 12 MIDNIGHT AND 100 AM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 0.75 

INCHES AND 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. MOST OF 

THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN GENERALLY JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24. 



NO NEW RAIN WAS NOTED DEVELOPING OVER THE PIKES PEAK MOUNTAIN 

REGION.



RESIDENTS FROM JUST NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...TO THE AIR FORCE 

ACADEMY...AND THEN NORTHEAST TOWARDS FALCON AND CALHAN SHOULD BE 

ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. DO NOT DRIVE IF WATER IS COVERING 

THE ROADWAY. 



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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