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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

917 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



COC043-060500-

FREMONT CO-

917 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY...



AT 913 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING IN AND AROUND PENROSE IN EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

 CANON CITY...PENROSE AND FLORENCE.



THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN FREMONT 

COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM MDT...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING   

EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 50 FROM CANON CITY EAST THROUGH PENROSE. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF OVER 4 INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY ONE FOURTEEN TO THE NORTH OF PENROSE. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED. 



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN BEAVER CREEK AND EIGHT MILE CREEK 

TOWARD THE ARKANSAS RIVER...WITH FLOODING OCCURRING IN AND AROUND 

PENROSE AND FLORENCE. 



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 3843 10528 3836 10494 3864 10494 3864 10523



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