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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

203 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004



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

UNTIL 315 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING...



AT 200 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE MOVING 

ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS 

WHICH HAVE OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY...AND DURING THE LATE EVENING 

HOURS...FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO 

COUNTY...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24 FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO PEYTON. 



THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL BE ACROSS THE SAND CREEK AND 

COTTONWOOD CREEK DRAINAGES...AND THEN INTO MONUMENT CREEK AND 

FOUNTAIN CREEK. 



BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES AND ALERT RAIN GAUGE INFORMATION...1 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM.



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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