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WGUS75 KPUB 020416

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1010 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007



COC101-020630-

PUEBLO CO-

1010 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR

EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...



AT 1006 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN 

PORTIONS OF THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.



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

OCCURRED ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR IN PUEBLO COUNTY AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1/4 INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.  THIS WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SOUTH RED CREEK...PANTHER CREEK AND NORTH CREEK 

ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF THE BURN SCAR. 



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 3811 10504 3813 10497 3820 10502 3820 10510



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000 

WGUS75 KPUB 020416

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1010 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007



COC101-020630-

PUEBLO CO-

1010 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR

EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...



AT 1006 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN 

PORTIONS OF THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.



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

OCCURRED ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR IN PUEBLO COUNTY AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1/4 INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.  THIS WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SOUTH RED CREEK...PANTHER CREEK AND NORTH CREEK 

ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF THE BURN SCAR. 



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 3811 10504 3813 10497 3820 10502 3820 10510



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