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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

855 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005



COC061-250530-

KIOWA CO-

855 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR KIOWA

COUNTY...



AT 851 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 1 FOOT OF WATER 

RUNNING OVER COUNTY ROAD 95. THIS WAS FROM A CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF 

KIOWA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED 

EAST SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM KIOWA COUNTY...HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD 

THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY FROM STANDING WATER AT NIGHT.   



IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT

OR BY VEHICLE. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3861 10207 3860 10316 3851 10315 3827 10344

      3828 10270 3826 10206



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

855 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005



COC061-250530-

KIOWA CO-

855 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR KIOWA

COUNTY...



AT 851 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 1 FOOT OF WATER 

RUNNING OVER COUNTY ROAD 59. THIS WAS FROM A CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF 

KIOWA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED 

EAST SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM KIOWA COUNTY...HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD 

THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY FROM STANDING WATER AT NIGHT.   



IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT

OR BY VEHICLE. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3861 10207 3860 10316 3851 10315 3827 10344

      3828 10270 3826 10206



$$



METZE

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