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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

546 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2005



COC119-210100-

TELLER CO-

546 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR THE HAYMAN 

BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...



AT 543 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

SHOW A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES

NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN

WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 

INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN AN AREA FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODLAND 

PARK TO 9 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WOODLAND PARK...AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THAT AREA.



JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH

FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF

ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A

MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR

BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS. ENTIRE HILLSIDES CAN BREAK

AWAY...CREATING DEVASTATING ROCK SLIDES...MUDSLIDES...AND DEBRIS

FLOWS. ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL FORCE OF THE

RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PASS THROUGH A CREEK

BED OR OTHER DRAINAGE AREA.



LAT...LON 3902 10531 3907 10520 3912 10511 3912 10531



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