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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

958 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005



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KIOWA CO-

958 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 956 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS REFORMING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL KIOWA 

COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL AN HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF KIOWA 

COUNTY THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

EARLIER THIS EVENING.  ALSO THERE IS LIKELY WATER STILL STANDING IN 

CULVERTS AND ROADWAYS...WHICH CAN BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WHEN 

DRIVING 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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