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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

728 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



COC055-200215-

HUERFANO CO-

728 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR

CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY...



AT 726 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A STORM

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL

AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WATER OVER HIGHWAY 69 AROUND MILE MARKER 

11...WHICH IS BETWEEN WALSENBURG AND GARDNER.  HEAVY RAIN HAS MOSTLY 

MOVED EAST OF THE WARNING AREA...BUT RESIDUAL FLASH FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE.



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 3733 10506 3738 10494 3740 10475 3786 10493

      3769 10513



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