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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1008 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



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PUEBLO CO-

1008 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



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

WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...



AT 1008 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 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 HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CENTERED 15 MILES TO THE NORTH OF PUEBLO AND 

WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH.



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

  MAINLY OPEN COUNTRY OF NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY.



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 GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH 

ARE EXPECTED OVER SECTIONS OF 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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