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<br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Pueblo Flood HOZlUd Mitit!ation Plan <br /> <br /> <br />The Arkansas River in the City of Pueblo. <br /> <br />Purpose of Study <br /> <br />On JlDle 2 and 3, 1994, two intense <br />thlDlderstorms deluged Pueblo, Colorado in <br />less than ten hours of each other. Puebloans <br />went to bed Thursday, JlDle 2 thinking the <br />worst was over. There was some' minor <br />flooding, a few stalled cars in flooded <br />intersections, and some mud in the streets, <br />But just after midnight early Friday moming, <br />the storm dropped up to 4,9 inehes of rain in <br />an hour and a half, By daylight parts of the <br />eommlDlity were stunned at the damage the <br />storm left behind, The thlDlderstorm of JlDle <br />3, 1994 was one of the worst storms <br />Pueblo had seen in years, <br /> <br />The purpose of this Flood Hazard Mitigation <br />Plan is first to identify the eritieal flood <br />hazard issues for the city of Pueblo and the <br />surrounding area, Seeond, the plan will study <br />the incident and to identify aetions that <br />could be taken in the future to help mitigate <br />the effects of a similar event, This Pueblo <br />Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan has been <br />prepared by the Colorado Offiee of <br />Emergency Management with support from <br />loeal, COlDlty and state personnel. <br /> <br />1 <br />