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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

755 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



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

COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING...



DOPPLER RADAR AT 750 PM INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING EXTREMELY 

HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF TRUCKTON IN EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. 

RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THIS STORM 

BETWEEN 715 PM AND 745 PM. OTHER HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO FALLING IN 

NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...BUT THIS RAIN IS NOT AS HEAVY.



A REPORT FROM A SPOTTER 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARKSHEFFEL ROAD AND 

BRADLEY ROAD INDICATES STREAMS IN THE AREA WERE OUT OF BANK 

FULL...AND THE LEVELS ON THE CREEK WERE INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY. 

THIS CREEK RUNS INTO THE JIMMY CREEK BASIN. LARGE DEBRIS WAS NOTED 

FLOWING IN THIS CREEK. THIS SPOTTER REPORTED 3 AND 3/4 OF AN INCH OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THE STORM BEGAN.



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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