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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

717 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2007



COC119-260145-

TELLER CO-

717 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR THE 

HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...



AT 715 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS HAD REDEVELOPED OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE 

HAYMAN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY...AFFECTING THE TROUT AND WEST CREEK 

DRAINAGES.  LITTLE OR NO RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WESTERN PORTION 

OF THE SCAR...ACROSS THE TURKEY AND TRAIL CREEK DRAINAGES.



THE THREAT OF FLOODING AND ROAD WASHOUTS ACROSS THE HAYMAN SCAR OF 

NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 745 PM MDT...DUE TO 

HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING...AND NEW SHOWERS 

THAT HAVE DEVELOPED SINCE 700 PM MDT.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF

RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION OF TELLER

COUNTY SINCE 430 PM MDT.  HOWEVER...GROUND TRUTH GAGE REPORTS 

INDICATE THAT RADAR ESTIMATES WERE RUNNING HIGH...WITH 1 TO 1.5 

INCHES OF RAIN MORE LIKELY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO .25 INCHES IS 

POSSIBLE OVER THE TELLER COUNTY PORTION OF THE HAYMAN SCAR THROUGH 

745 PM MDT.  GREATER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF STORMS INTENSIFY MORE 

THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED.



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 3908 10514 3912 10512 3912 10531



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