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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

958 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



COC043-060500-

FREMONT CO-

958 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



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

CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY...



AT 955 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING OVER EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY. THE STATE PATROL REPORTS 

HIGHWAY 50 IS CLOSED AT MILE MARKER 288 NEAR PENROSE DUE TO HIGH 

WATER. STATE HIGHWAY ONE FIFTEEN IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER NORTH 

OF PENROSE...AND ALSO BETWEEN FLORENCE AND PENROSE.  



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF OVER 4 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE 

PENROSE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 11 PM IN THE AREA FROM CANON CITY EAST TO PENROSE AND 

FLORENCE. 



BEAVER CREEK AND EIGHT MILE CREEK WILL REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

THROUGH 11 PM MDT...AND THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR BANKFUL 

FROM PORTLAND DOWNSTREAM TO PUEBLO RESERVOIR OVERNIGHT. 



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.

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



LAT...LON 3843 10528 3836 10494 3864 10494 3864 10523



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