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000 

WGUS75 KPUB 090238

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

834 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006



COC027-101-090415-

CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-

834 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR

EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES...



AT 833 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER 

EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...OR 24 MILES WEST OF 

PUEBLO...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.



THE EXCESSIVE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN 

SCAR THROUGH 1015 PM MDT. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.



FLOOD WATERS AND DEBRIS FROM THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR ARE MOVING 

DOWN SOUTH RED CREEK. A SPOTTER ON LOCATION REPORTED THAT SOUTH RED 

CREEK WAS 100 FEET ACROSS...APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET DEEP...AND FLOWING 

RAPIDLY.



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 UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING

ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER.



LAT...LON 3816 10509 3811 10505 3812 10497 3820 10502

      3820 10510



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000 

WGUS75 KPUB 090238

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

834 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006



COC027-101-090415-

CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-

834 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR

EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES...



AT 833 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER 

EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...OR 24 MILES WEST OF 

PUEBLO...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.



THE EXCESSIVE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN 

SCAR THROUGH 1015 PM MDT. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.



FLOOD WATERS AND DEBRIS FROM THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR ARE MOVING 

DOWN SOUTH RED CREEK. A SPOTTER ON LOCATION REPORTED THAT SOUTH RED 

CREEK WAS 100 FEET ACROSS...APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET DEEP...AND FLOWING 

RAPIDLY.



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 UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING

ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER.



LAT...LON 3816 10509 3811 10505 3812 10497 3820 10502

      3820 10510



$$

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