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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

810 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2005



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EL PASO CO-

810 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2005



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

COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM MDT...



AT 808 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 

NEAR FALCON TO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.  THE 

RAIN IN SOME AREAS OF THE WARNING HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY...BUT 

FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CONTINUES.  IN OTHER AREAS OF THE 

WARNING...INCLUDING THE FALCON AREA...RAINFALL RATES ARE LIKELY 

BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES AN HOUR.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

FALCON...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.



FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE 

STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.



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 3890 10447 3896 10462 3887 10480 3873 10476



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