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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1133 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



COC043-060700-

FREMONT CO-

1133 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT FOR

EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...



AT 1132 PM MDT...OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING OVER 

EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY. STATE HIGHWAY ONE FIFTEEN IS 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. 



THE STATE PATROL REPORTS HIGHWAY 50 IS NOW REOPENED TO ONE LANE OF 

TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION THROUGH THE PENROSE AREA.  



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES HAVE 

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

PENROSE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IS 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 AM IN THE AREA FROM CANON CITY EAST TO PENROSE 

AND FLORENCE. 



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

THROUGH 1 AM MDT...AND THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL RISE CONTINUE NEAR 

BANKFULL FROM PORTLAND DOWNSTREAM TO PUEBLO RESERVOIR OVERNIGHT.



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



LAT...LON 3826 10493 3864 10493 3864 10533 3842 10513



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