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WGUS75 KPUB 260124

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

722 PM MDT TUE JUL 25 2006



COC071-260300-

LAS ANIMAS CO-

722 PM MDT TUE JUL 25 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...



AT 716 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 THE MAURICIO 

CANYON BURN SCAR IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 2.5 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MAURICIO CANYON BURN 

SCAR...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH IS STILL POSSIBLE

IN THAT AREA.



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 3734 10482 3735 10473 3740 10474 3737 10484



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