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<br />June <br /> <br />June 3 - A heavy thunderstorm dropped up to 2 inches of rain on Pueblo early in the <br />evening on Thursday, June 2, 1994. The rain caused localized street flooding and cars <br />were stalled in flooded intersections. Colorado Springs rec(:ived 2,5 inches that day, but <br />stretched out over an entire afternoon, More rain was predicted over the next few days. <br />Early Friday morning, just past midnight, Pueblo received arlother storm that pounded the <br />city with up to 4,87 inches of rain in just over an hour. Just before the storm, thc <br />National Weather Service (NWS) issued warnings of heavy rains which were likely to <br />cause street flooding and possibly small stream flooding, <br /> <br />Once the storm started dropping nearly 4 inches of rain on Pueblo West, the NWS issued <br />urban and small stream flood advisories, Many people did not learn of the flood until the <br />sound of trickling water awakened them, which gave them little time to escape the rising <br />waters in their homes, The city received between 1.18 and 4,87 inches of rain depending <br />on location, One unconfirmed rainfall report just northeast of the downtown area reported <br />up to 6 inches, <br /> <br /> <br />Pueblo, Colorado <br />; Damage A!lsessment for <br />; Storm on fi12J94 - 613194 <br />Map Produced: 7N8194 <br /> <br /> <br />10700 am 613194 <br />