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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

638 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST EL PASO 

COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING...



AT 631 PM...REPORTS FROM HAM RADIO OPERATORS INDICATE WATER WAS 

OVERFLOWING IN AN IRRIGATION DAM ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALHAN. 

THIS IRRIGATION DAM FLOWS INTO BRACKETT CREEK. BRACKETT CREEK WAS 

REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS. 



NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STANDING WATER WERE REPORTED IN NORTHEAST EL 

PASO COUNTY.



HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND THE PUBLIC HAVE REPORTED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY BETWEEN 540 PM AND 640 

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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