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<br />Pueblo Flood J'lowrd Hi/illation PIon <br /> <br />June 3. 1994 Rood <br /> <br />.] <br />, ~ <br /> <br /> <br />A stalled car in a Dooded intersection during the June 2, <br />1994 stonn, just bE.fore the more intense stonn on June 3, <br />1994. The Pueblo Cbieftain, June 3, 1994. <br /> <br />A heavy thunderstorm dropp<:d up to 2 <br />inches of rain on Pueblo early in the evening <br />on Thursday, June 2, 1994. The rain caused <br />localized street flooding and cars were <br />stalled in flooded intersections_ Colorado <br />Springs received 2V, inches of rain that day, <br />but stretched out over an entir,e afternoon. <br />More rain was predicted over the next few <br />days_ Early Friday morning, just past <br />midnight, Pueblo received a storm that <br />pounded the city with up to 4.87 inches of <br />rain in just over an hour. Just before the <br />storm, the Natl.Onal Weather Service (NWS) <br />put out warnings of heavy rains which were <br />likely to cause street flooding and possibly <br />small stream flooding_ <br /> <br />Once the storm began dropping nearly 4 <br />inches of rain on Pueblo West, the NWS <br />issued urban and small stream flood <br />advisories. Many people did not learn of the <br />flood until the sound of trickling water <br />awakened them, which gave them little time <br />to escape the rising waters in their homes <br /> <br />"We couldn~ get out because the water <br />was so higk.. my son was hysterical <br />and we had to stand on chairs on the <br />porch to st~ out of the water. Then, we <br />just waited for help. ., -Mrs. Bojorquez - <br />-family rescued by Fire Department boat <br /> <br />12 <br />