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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

255 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005



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EL PASO CO-

255 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005



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

COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM MDT...



AT 246 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

SHOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALHAN TO 9

MILES NORTHEAST OF SCHRIEVER AFB TO SCHRIEVER AFB TO 9 MILES

SOUTHWEST OF FORT CARSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES

SOUTHWEST OF LIMON TO 21 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO 14 MILES

SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO

SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND MOVED SOUTH AND 

EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. HOWEVER  THERE CONTINUES TO BE A 

TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RUN OFF INTO SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH 

OUT WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 130 PM AND 245 

PM HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 3 INCHES IN MANY AREAS OF COLORADO SPRINGS. 

MONUMENT CREEK AND FOUNTAIN CREEK WERE BOTH RUNNING VERY FAST AND 

WERE NEAR BANK FULL IN SOME AREAS. CREEK RISES OF 3 TO 4 FEET HAVE 

BEEN REPORTED WITH A LOT OF DEBRIS MOVING FAST DOWNSTREAM AND 

COLLECTING AT BRIDGES. LOW AREAS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE 

QUICKLY BECOME UNSAFE. 



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



LAT...LON 3874 10459 3910 10418 3912 10494 3854 10490



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