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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

950 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



COC101-200545-

PUEBLO CO-

950 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



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

WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...



AT 950 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A STORM 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO COUNTY. 

SEVERAL ROADS WERE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED AND FLOODED IN PUEBLO 

WEST...WITH SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN THE CITY OF PUEBLO. 3.13 INCHES 

OF RAIN WAS NOTED IN PUEBLO WEST SINCE 5 PM...WHILE NEARLY 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN WAS NOTED IN SOUTHWEST PUEBLO SINCE 730 PM MDT.  



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM 

COMPLEX PRODUCING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS NIGHT-TIME FLASH FLOODING OVER 

PORTIONS OF WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE 

CITIES OF PUEBLO AND PUEBLO WEST.  THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX 

RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INTENSE RAINFALL WAS CENTERED JUST NORTH OF 

PUEBLO AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH.



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

  PUEBLO WEST.

  PUEBLO

  PINON.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF PUEBLO WEST WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 

PUEBLO.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED 

OVER SECTIONS OF WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM MDT.  LOCALLY 

HEAVIER RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 



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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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

950 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



COC041-119-200600-

TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-

950 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR

WESTERN EL PASO AND SOUTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTIES...



AT 945 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A GRADUAL 

DECREASE IN THE HEAVY RAIN AREA LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST TELLER COUNTY 

AND SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY. HOWEVER...AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE 

STILL EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN CONTINUED ALONG THE TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTY LINE 

SOUTH OF PIKE PEAK. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.0 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 9 PM. THE COMPLEX WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 

MPH.



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

  SECURITY AND FOUNTAIN. 

  SOUTH COLORADO SPRINGS.

  MANITOU SPRINGS.

  FORT CARSON.



LAT...LON 3854 10492 3853 10431 3897 10442 3895 10518

      3890 10518 3867 10517 3866 10492



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