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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1014 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CROWLEY 

COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING...



THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...ARE NEARLY STATIONARY OVER 

EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY.  THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS FROM 20 MILES 

NORTH OF ORDWAY TO ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORDWAY.  RADAR 

ESTIMATES UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR FROM THESE STORMS.  MOST 

OF THESE STORMS ARE OVER TRIBUTARIES OF HORSE CREEK...AND FLASH 

FLOODING OF HORSE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES ARE LIKELY. 



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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