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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

455 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007



COC027-101-270015-

CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-

455 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES...



AT 454 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN 

SCAR HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.  HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

DEVELOPING TO THE WEST AND COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. 



THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL 

AREAS OF WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 

OVER PORTIONS OF CUSTER COUNTY.



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

OCCURRED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE BURN SCAR.  

ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT RAINING ON THE BURN SCAR RIGHT NOW...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF UP TO .25 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 615 PM. 



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 3823 10505 3818 10512 3803 10503 3810 10490



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