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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

540 PM MDT WED JUL 28 2004



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

PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING...



RAIN HAS ENDED OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA.  HOWEVER...SOME 

ARROYOS AND SMALL CREEKS ARE STILL FLOWING FAST...WITH WATER STILL 

FLOWING OVER SOME ROADWAYS.  THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED 

SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG VARIOUS COUNTY ROADS...FROM 3 TO 10 MILES 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY...WERE WASHED OUT.  



EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA...WATER MAY STILL 

BE FLOWING OVER SOME ROADS IN AN AREA FROM HOLLY TO 10 MILES 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY.  



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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