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WGUS75 KPUB 200157

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

752 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



COC101-200545-

PUEBLO CO-

752 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR

WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...



AT 747 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9

MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



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

   PUEBLO WEST.

   PUEBLO.

    

THE SHERIFF IN PUEBLO WEST INDICATED THAT SEVERAL ROADS IN PUEBLO 

WEST...ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTHERN SIDE...WERE FLOODED. A STORM 

SPOTTER MEASURED TWO INCHES OF RAIN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO 

WEST.  



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF PUEBLO WEST.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA.



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 3789 10501 3790 10467 3784 10444 3851 10445

      3852 10478 3825 10479 3825 10503



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000 

WGUS75 KPUB 200157

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

752 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



COC101-200545-

PUEBLO CO-

752 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR

WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...



AT 747 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9

MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



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

   PUEBLO WEST.

   PUEBLO.

    

THE SHERIFF IN PUEBLO WEST INDICATED THAT SEVERAL ROADS IN PUEBLO 

WEST...ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTHERN SIDE...WERE FLOODED. A STORM 

SPOTTER MEASURED TWO INCHES OF RAIN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO 

WEST.  



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF PUEBLO WEST.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA.



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 3789 10501 3790 10467 3784 10444 3851 10445

      3852 10478 3825 10479 3825 10503



$$

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