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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

534 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN 

SCAR AREA IN TELLER COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING...



AT 535 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE STEADY LIGHT RAIN 

SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER THE HAYMAN 

BURN SCAR REGION. BETWEEN 430 PM AND 530 PM...RADAR AND SURFACE 

REPORTS INDICATE GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. 

HOWEVER...BETWEEN 3 PM AND 4 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH WERE 

ESTIMATED BY RADAR. 



LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WITH ONE OR TWO EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE 

POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR 

AREA. 



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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