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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

411 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



COC015-052345-

CHAFFEE CO-

411 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...



AT 405 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL 

AREAS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY EAST OF BUENA VISTA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER MUSHROOM GULCH ALONG TROUT CREEK...WHICH IS LOCATED 

AROUND 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BUENA VISTA.  THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THIS AREA INTO CASTLE ROCK GULCH...WHICH ALSO 

DRAINS INTO TROUT CREEK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH 

MAY FALL ACROSS THE CASTLE ROCK GULCH.  FLASH FLOODING ALONG TROUT 

CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF BUENA VISTA TO 

ITS JUNCTION WITH THE ARKANSAS RIVER AROUND 2 MILES SOUTH OF BUENA 

VISTA. 



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



LAT...LON 3879 10611 3882 10591 3884 10592 3888 10593

      3887 10595 3887 10596 3890 10597 3882 10613



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