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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

243 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004



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

UNTIL 515 PM MDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...



THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX PRODUCING THE FLOODING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN 

COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY...WIDEFIELD...AND FOUNTAIN HAS MOVED 

SOUTH INTO RURAL SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.  HEAVY RAIN CAN BE 

EXPECTED FROM FOUNTAIN AND SOUTH TO THE PUEBLO COUNTY LINE THROUGH 

345 PM.  UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN THE SOUTHERN METRO 

AREA...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF FORT CARSON.



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...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES

AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.



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