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WGUS75 KPUB 212031

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

226 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 2006



COC027-101-212300-

CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-

226 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES...



THIS WARNING IS FOR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR AND NEARBY LOCATIONS.



AT 223 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS

REPORTED.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEULAH...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

  BEULAH.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF HALF AN INCH HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NORTHEAST OF THE BURN SCAR AND ARE MOVING TO THE 

SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.  THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH IN AN HOUR.  ONE INCH OF RAIN IN ONE 

HOUR CAN PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OVER THE BURN SCAR.



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 3806 10507 3806 10493 3821 10496 3821 10513



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000 

WGUS75 KPUB 212031

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

226 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 2006



COC027-101-212300-

CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-

226 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES...



THIS WARNING IS FOR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR AND NEARBY LOCATIONS.



AT 223 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS

REPORTED.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEULAH...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

  BEULAH.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF HALF AN INCH HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NORTHEAST OF THE BURN SCAR AND ARE MOVING TO THE 

SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.  THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH IN AN HOUR.  ONE INCH OF RAIN IN ONE 

HOUR CAN PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OVER THE BURN SCAR.



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 3806 10507 3806 10493 3821 10496 3821 10513



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