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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1038 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



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FREMONT CO-

1038 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



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

CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY...



AT 1033 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUING 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 REPORTED TO BE CLOSED DUE 

TO HIGH WATER NORTH OF PENROSE...AND WASHED OUT AND CLOSED BETWEEN 

FLORENCE AND PENROSE. BRIDGES OVER BEAVER CREEK ALONG COUNTY ROADS 

132 AND 123 ARE REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT.  



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 HALF 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 

BANKFULL FROM PORTLAND DOWNSTREAM TO PUEBLO RESERVOIR OVERNIGHT.



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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