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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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