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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

645 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2007



COC015-060055-

CHAFFEE CO-

645 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHAFFEE COUNTY...



THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT 

OF THE AREA. AT 645 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED LIGHT 

RAIN FALLING OVER SOUTHERN CHAFFEE COUNTY MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 

50. WHILE THE RAINFALL HAS DECREASED OVER THE AREA THERE MAY STILL 

BE HIGH WATER LEVELS AND FAST FLOWING WATER IN AREA CREEKS AND 

STREAMS THAT SERVE AS TRIBUTARIES TO THE ARKANSAS RIVER. RAIN THAT 

FALLS OVER NARROW CANYONS AND STEEP TERRAIN IN SOUTHERN CHAFFEE 

COUNTY CAN QUICKLY CAUSE MUD FLOWS AND ROCK SLIDES.



LAT...LON 3861 10597 3857 10631 3846 10621 3845 10609

      3852 10597



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