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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

444 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005



COC027-101-270130-

CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-

444 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005



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

AND EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT...



AT 442 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH HAS FALLEN ON THE 

SOUTHERN PART OF THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE 

BURN SCAR HAS SEEN LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN.



RADAR SHOWS AN ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM TO THE NORTH OF THE BURN SCAR 

WHICH IS MOVING SOUTH...BUT THIS STORM WAS WEAKENING BETWEEN 437 AND 

442 PM. 



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 3823 10500 3819 10521 3789 10501 3796 10483



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