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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

730 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO 

AND SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING...



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES IN THE 

WARNING AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING 

RAIN...SOMETIMES HEAVY TO THE WARNING AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 800 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. 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.



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