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WGUS75 KPUB 260230

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

827 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 2006



COC027-101-260330-

CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-

827 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR

EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES...



AT 826 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE RAIN HAD ENDED OVER ALMOST ALL OF THE MASON GULCH BURN 

SCAR.



FLOODING WAS LIKELY OCCURRING IN THE RED CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS...BUT 

WATER WAS LIKELY RECEDING.



IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT 

OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE 

CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY 

MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD 

FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.



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 3810 10506 3811 10497 3820 10499 3820 10510



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000 

WGUS75 KPUB 260230

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

827 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 2006



COC027-101-260330-

CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-

827 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR

EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES...



AT 826 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE RAIN HAD ENDED OVER ALMOST ALL OF THE MASON GULCH BURN 

SCAR.



FLOODING WAS LIKELY OCCURRING IN THE RED CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS...BUT 

WATER WAS LIKELY RECEDING.



IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT 

OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE 

CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY 

MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD 

FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.



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 3810 10506 3811 10497 3820 10499 3820 10510



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