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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

942 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007



COC011-099-270500-

PROWERS CO-BENT CO-

942 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007



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

EASTERN BENT AND WESTERN PROWERS COUNTIES...



AT 936 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  LAMAR.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED AROUND THE LAMAR AREA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN 

INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OPEN COUNTRY SOUTH OF LAMAR...WITH 

ONLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN THE LAMAR AREA.  

HOWEVER...STANDING WATER...AND RUN OFF IN DRAINAGE 

DITCHES...CREEKS...STREAMS AND ARROYOS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1100 

PM.  



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. MAKE THE SMART

CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3782 10320 3764 10321 3765 10276 3780 10249

      3798 10240 3816 10231 3819 10286



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