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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

242 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SAGUACHE 

COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM MDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF AN 

INCH PER HOUR...MOVED OVER THE CANYON SOUTH OF BONANZA THIS 

AFTERNOON.  RADAR ESTIMATES TOTAL RAINFALL IN THE KERBER AND SKUNK 

CREEK BASINS AT AROUND ONE INCH. THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH PROMPTED THE 

WARNING FOR THIS AREA HAS DISSIPATED...HOWEVER LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES 

TO FALL IN THE AREA...AND THE WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED AT THIS 

TIME.



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.



WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING...

SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY.



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