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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

223 AM MDT THU AUG 19 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR BENT COUNTY...



RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER BENT COUNTY AND THE THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING HAS ENDED. THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING 

BUT RAINFALL RATES AND AMOUNTS WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LIGHTER THAN 

THEY WERE WEDNESDAY EVENING. 



WHILE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED THERE MAY BE SOME WATER 

STANDING ON ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY IN LOW AREAS AND AREAS WITH POOR 

DRAINAGE. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY STILL RUN FAST AS RUNOFF 

CONTINUES FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED OVER NORTHWEST BENT 

COUNTY WEDNESDAY EVENING.  



DO NOT CROSS WATER THAT IS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH OR THAT IS MOVING FAST 

ACROSS A ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.  WATER THAT IS 6 INCHES DEEP 

AND FLOWING FAST CAN EASILY CAUSE A CAR TO FLOAT AND THEN PUSH IT 

DOWNSTREAM.  



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