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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

555 AM MDT THU AUG 19 2004



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

UNTIL 730 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING...



HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WHICH OCCURRED OVERNIGHT HAVE CAUSED 

FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 96 AROUND 4 MILES EAST OF SUGAR CITY.  LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT HIGHWAY 96 IN THIS AREA IS UNDER WATER AND 

IS STILL CLOSED.  SEVERAL HOMES IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. 

PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY SINCE LAST EVENING...WITH 

ANOTHER BAND OF LIGHT RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE AREA.  FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 730 AM BEFORE THE WATER GRADUALLY 

RECEDES LATER THIS MORNING.



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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