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WGUS85 KPUB 290125
FLSPUB
COC009-290245-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
720 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2003

...HIGH WATER WILL BE SEEN UNTIL 845 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING IN BACA 
COUNTY...

HIGH WATER WILL BE SEEN IN CREEKS...STREAMS AND ARROYOS IN SOUTHERN 
BACA COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM.  SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE SAND 
CANYON...AND PICTURE CANYON APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES TO 12 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF CAMPO.  CREEKS IN STREAMS IN THIS AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE 
QUICK RISES THROUGH 845 PM.  PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING SPOTS AND 
ON COUNTY ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IN A LOCALIZED 
AREA SOUTHWEST OF CAMPO.  PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP 
TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 630 PM.  THIS 
STORM WILL MOVE INTO CAMPO BETWEEN 720 PM AND 740 PM.  SOME QUICK 
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE 
AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. 

BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF 
NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS 
LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR 
VEHICLE. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. HIGH 
WATER WILL BE SEEN IN SMALLER CREEKS...DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL 
ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND 
ALONG CREEK BANKS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT REGARDING THIS HIGH WATER EVENT WILL BE ISSUED 
AROUND 820 PM.

LAT...LON 3713 10255 3700 10254 3701 10292 3714 10290

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