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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

630 PM MDT SAT AUG 21 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR EL PASO COUNTY...



...A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR 

FOUNTAIN...



HEAVY RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING.  CONSEQUENTLY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE 

FOUNTAIN CREEK TO A CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM THIS 

EVENING IN THE VICINITY OF FOUNTAIN.  CONSEQUENTLY...A FLOOD WARNING 

IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS REACH OF FOUNTAIN CREEK.



PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNING ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE IN PUEBLO FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE FLOODING ALONG FOUNTAIN 

CREEK.  IT CAN BE FOUND UNDER AWIPS IDENTIFIER DENFLWPUB...AND WMO 

HEADER WGUS45.  IT CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED ON THE PUEBLO NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE INTERNET SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/PUB.



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER EL PASO COUNTY.  AFTER THE CREST FROM 

THE RAINS EARLIER RUNS THROUGH FOUNTAIN CREEK THIS EVENING...THE 

RIVER SHOULD DROP BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS BY SUNDAY MORNING.



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