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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

600 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004



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

UNTIL 715 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING...



MODERATE RAINFALL WAS STILL OCCURRING OVER WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY.  

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING UP TO 2 FEET IN DEPTH HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED.  IN ADDITION...LARGE VOLUMES OF WATER WERE FLOWING INTO 

MONUMENT CREEK FROM COTTONWOOD CREEK.  FOUNTAIN CREEK WAS RUNNING 

FAST AND HIGH FROM MANITOU SPRINGS INTO WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.  

CHEYENNE CREEK WAS FLOWING HIGH AND FAST INTO FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR 

THE NEVADA AVENUE BRIDGE.  FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR FOUNTAIN IS EXPECTED 

TO CREST JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 7 PM.



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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