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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

725 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2007



COC071-270245-

LAS ANIMAS CO-

725 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR

CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...



AT 720 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 

350 FROM MODEL TO DELHI.  THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED WEST OF THE 

WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 16...FROM 14 MILES EAST OF 

TRINIDAD TO 28 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD.  ALTHOUGH ONLY VERY LIGHT 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 845 

PM...CREEKS...STREAMS...AND ARROYOS IN THE AREA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE 

TO RUN HIGH.  SOME CREEKS AFFECTED WILL BE THE SAN FRANCISCO CREEK 

AND THE LUNING ARROYO...WHICH FLOW INTO THE PURGATOIRE RIVER.  

FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING SPOTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE 

WATER HAS HAD TIME TO RECEDE.  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.  THE WATER 

COULD BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.  



LAT...LON 3705 10436 3704 10402 3732 10386 3733 10420



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