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WGUS75 KPUB 020710

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

104 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



COC101-020845-

PUEBLO CO-

104 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



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

CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...



AT 102 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE STRONG STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



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

  BEULAH.

  THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.

  OPEN COUNTRY OF WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY.



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

OCCURRED ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...BEULAH...AND THE OPEN 

COUNTRY ALONG HIGHWAY 76 SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO.  RAIN 

GAGES IN THE BEULAH AREA HAVE RECORDED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THAT AREA.

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE MASON GULCH BURN 

SCAR...WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING THROUGH 245 AM.  ROADS NEAR THE BURN 

SCAR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE WASH OUTS AND MUD FLOWS DUE TO HEAVY RUN 

OFF.  



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



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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000 

WGUS75 KPUB 020710

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

104 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



COC101-020845-

PUEBLO CO-

104 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



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

CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...



AT 102 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE STRONG STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



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

  BEULAH.

  THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.

  OPEN COUNTRY OF WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY.



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

OCCURRED ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...BEULAH...AND THE OPEN 

COUNTRY ALONG HIGHWAY 76 SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO.  RAIN 

GAGES IN THE BEULAH AREA HAVE RECORDED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THAT AREA.

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE MASON GULCH BURN 

SCAR...WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING THROUGH 245 AM.  ROADS NEAR THE BURN 

SCAR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE WASH OUTS AND MUD FLOWS DUE TO HEAVY RUN 

OFF.  



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



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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