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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

234 AM MDT THU AUG 19 2004



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



RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER OTERO COUNTY AND THE THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING HAS ENDED. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY 

MORNING BUT INTENSITIES AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE CONSIDERABLY 

LESS THAN THEY WERE WEDNESDAY EVENING. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO RUN FAST THIS MORNING AND THERE MAY BE STANDING WATER 

OVER ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW AREAS AND AREA WITH POOR DRAINAGE



WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO 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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