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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
841 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007

COC101-200545-
PUEBLO CO-
841 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007

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

AT 840 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
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INTENSE RAINFALL
WAS CENTERED BETWEEN PUEBLO WEST AND PUEBLO. THE THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

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

HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE FLOODING IN SOUTHERN
PUEBLO. THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 50 AND RIDGE ROAD IN
NORTHWEST PUEBLO WAS FLOODING.  ALSO...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 IS EXPECTED OVER SECTIONS OF WESTERN PUEBLO
COUNTY.  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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