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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

621 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2005



COC027-101-160245-

CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-

621 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO

AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM MDT...



AT 618 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

SHOW A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR SAN ISABEL...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF

WALSENBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  SAN ISABEL AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BEULAH BY 620 PM MDT.

  9 MILES WEST OF COLORADO CITY BY 635 PM MDT.

  RYE BY 650 PM MDT.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY AND FAR WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY 

AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.



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...SOMETIMES CREATING ROCK SLIDES

AND MUDFLOWS. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING

WATER.



LAT...LON 3825 10500 3819 10520 3789 10500 3791 10463



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