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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

714 PM MDT MON AUG 9 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 

845 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING...



A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS ALL OF PUEBLO 

COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND DIRECTLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50...AND WAS 

PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 

SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FAST MOVING HIGH WATER ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

PUEBLO WEST AND THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE 

SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE RURAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN 

AND SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM MDT.



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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