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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

456 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005



COC027-101-270130-

CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-

500 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 451 PM MDT...NO RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE MASON BURN SCAR AREA. 

NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE BURN SCAR AREA DURING THE REST OF 

THE EVENING. RADAR INDICATED UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH HAS FALLEN 

OVER THE BURN SCAR AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM. IF FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING IN THE BURN SCAR AREA...IT WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERN 

SECTIONS OF THE BURN SCAR.



IF NO NEW RAINFALL REDEVELOPS OVER THE BURN SCAR...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL BE CANCELED BEFORE 730 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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