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WGUS75 KPUB 182042

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

238 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006



COC015-182100-

CHAFFEE CO-

238 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR

CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...



AT 235 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA...WHICH HAVE 

DIMINISHED IN RAINFALL PRODUCTION.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 1/2 TO THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH SAND...SQUAW...AND PLACER DRAINAGE 

BASINS. HIGH...FAST FLOWING WATER WAS LIKELY FLOWING SOUTH AND EAST 

FROM THE SLOPES OF MOUNT SHAVANO.  SOME OF THE FOREST ROADS AND 

LESSER TRAVELED COUNTY ROADS IN THAT AREA COULD BE WASHED OUT.



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 3856 10623 3854 10606 3871 10615 3873 10627



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000 

WGUS75 KPUB 182042

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

238 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006



COC015-182100-

CHAFFEE CO-

238 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR

CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...



AT 235 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA...WHICH HAVE 

DIMINISHED IN RAINFALL PRODUCTION.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 1/2 TO THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH SAND...SQUAW...AND PLACER DRAINAGE 

BASINS. HIGH...FAST FLOWING WATER WAS LIKELY FLOWING SOUTH AND EAST 

FROM THE SLOPES OF MOUNT SHAVANO.  SOME OF THE FOREST ROADS AND 

LESSER TRAVELED COUNTY ROADS IN THAT AREA COULD BE WASHED OUT.



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 3856 10623 3854 10606 3871 10615 3873 10627



$$

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