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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1230 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2005



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KIOWA CO-

1232 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM MDT FOR KIOWA

COUNTY...



AT 1227 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY MOVING 

EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF KIOWA COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 

3 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY.



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 3860 10317 3851 10316 3851 10327 3827 10346

      3827 10205 3861 10206



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