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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

114 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



COC027-020930-

CUSTER CO-

114 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM MDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...



AT 111 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN EDGES OF 

THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL 

AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE MASON GULCH BURN 

SCAR...AND THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF HIGHWAYS 96 AND 

165.



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

OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHEAST CUSTER COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. THE AREA PARTICULARLY 

SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WILL BE IN AND NEAR THE MASON GULCH 

BURN SCAR...INCLUDING NORTH RED CREEK.  



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 3808 10517 3798 10513 3795 10511 3794 10508

      3792 10505 3822 10504 3823 10516



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