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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1219 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



COC101-020845-

PUEBLO CO-

1219 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM MDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...



AT 1216 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

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



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

  MASON GULCH BURN SCAR IN PUEBLO COUNTY.

  BEULAH.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...THE BEULAH AREA AND 

THE OPEN COUNTRY SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO.  ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA AS MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THIS SAME AREA.  

CREEKS...STREAMS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES MAY QUICKLY BECOME 

FLOODED.  AREAS PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WILL BE 

IN AND NEAR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR INCLUDING SOUTH RED 

CREEK...PANTHER CREEK...AND NORTH CREEK.  



IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT

OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE

CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY

MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD

FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MAKE THE SMART

CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3790 10504 3787 10500 3789 10467 3814 10467

      3824 10488 3820 10504



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