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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1036 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007



COC101-020630-

PUEBLO CO-

1036 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007



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

CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...



AT 1031 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2.5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED 

ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR IN WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY.  

ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN SPOTTY AND 

LIGHT...RUN OFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SOUTH 

RED CREEK...PANTHER CREEK...AND NORTH CREEK ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND 

EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE BURN SCAR.  IF YOU LIVE ALONG THESE CREEKS 

DOWNSTREAM FROM THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AS 

THESE CREEKS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES AND CAUSE FLOODING OF 

ROADWAYS IN THE 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 3806 10499 3808 10494 3813 10498 3817 10496

      3820 10499 3820 10510



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