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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

505 PM MDT SAT AUG 21 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY 

UNTIL 615 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING...



SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT INTENSE RAINFALL AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF 

HAIL TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AND TO

THE COMMUNITIES JUST TO THE SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...INCLUDING

SECURITY...WIDEFIELD...FORT CARSON...AND FOUNTAIN.  THESE AREAS

SAW A RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN JUST A COUPLE

HOURS TIME.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



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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