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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

542 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006



COC101-100100-

PUEBLO CO-

542 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...



AT 534 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING ALONG AND JUST EAST OF I-25. 

VEHICLES WERE REPORTED STUCK IN HIGH WATER AT EXIT 108 OF I-25.



ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE OVERTON ROAD AT THE 1800 AND 

1900 BLOCKS.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN PUEBLO WEST. 



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



   THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO WEST...

   THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO.



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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 3834 10490 3832 10460 3844 10456 3846 10490



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