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WGUS75 KPUB 192031

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

228 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



COC119-192200-

TELLER CO-

228 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...



AT 220 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY AND 

MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED BUT 

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL 

STILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR 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 3899 10531 3899 10512 3912 10513 3912 10531



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000 

WGUS75 KPUB 192031

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

228 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



COC119-192200-

TELLER CO-

228 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...



AT 220 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY AND 

MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED BUT 

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL 

STILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR 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 3899 10531 3899 10512 3912 10513 3912 10531



$$

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