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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

913 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OTERO 

COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...HAVE DEVELOPED OVER 

EASTERN OTERO COUNTY.  THE STORMS ARE FROM ABOUT 15 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA TO 8 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA.  THE STORMS ARE 

MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.  THE CITY OF CHERAW AS WELL HAS HIGHWAY 

50 EAST OF LA JUNTA TO THE BENT COUNTY LINE MAY GET SOME FLASH 

FLOODING.  



THE HEAVY RAIN WEST OF LA JUNTA HAS ENDED...BUT FLASH FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN. 



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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