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<br />Road crews clean mud from 1-25. The Pueblo Chieftain,
<br />June 4, 1994,
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<br />The city received between 1.18 to 4,87
<br />inehes of rain, One uneonfirmed rainfall
<br />report just northeast of the downtown area
<br />reported up to 6 inches, The storm cell eame
<br />from the west at about 5 to 10 miles per
<br />hour, dropping heavy rains and hail in some
<br />areas, The storm hit just after midnight and
<br />lasted for approximately an hour and a half.
<br />Several streets in the city and eounty were
<br />closed, Interstate 25 in the city area was
<br />eovered by 2 feet of water, mud and debris,
<br />The Central A venue undelpass at 1-25 filled
<br />up to about 8 feet deep, The Arkansas River
<br />left its low water ehannel in some places,
<br />flooding only river trails and parks, which
<br />are part of the flood plain, Some power
<br />lines, gas, and phone lines were down,
<br />Storm drain inlets were clogged with debris.
<br />City, County and State crews worked in the
<br />dark that morning, before many people m
<br />the co=unity even realized the extent of
<br />the storm and the damage it eaused,
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<br />Fortunately there were no major ID]unes.
<br />Cars floated down streets, along with rail
<br />road ties and other pieces of property and
<br />debris, Small mudslides covered streets and
<br />banks eroded, The Fountain Creek waterway
<br />changed its eourse slightly in some areas,
<br />People serambled to gather a few belongings
<br />before their doors buekled from the heavy
<br />water. Residents of basement apartments
<br />climbed out windows when they eouId not
<br />open their front doors to escape the
<br />ineoming water. A semi traetor-trailer driver
<br />needed the fire department to get his truek
<br />out from the 1-25 and Central undelpass at 4
<br />AM, Many residential streets on Friday
<br />afternoon were littered with soaked furniture
<br />and randomly dumped ears,
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<br />Acrording to City, Public, Works, a
<br />. depth of2. 7 inChes faUii1g in one hour '
<br />'.' or a depth of 3.4 inches falling in 6
<br />, hours would constitute a rainfallo! a
<br />., IOO-year recurrence intervaL Thirain
<br />from this storm reached up to 4.87
<br />, inches in approxiitiatelyan hour and a '
<br />half.
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