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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

454 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007



COC119-070130-

TELLER CO-

454 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR

NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...



AT 452 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER NORTHWEST 

TELLER COUNTY...INCLUDING WOODLAND PARK AND THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. 



AT 450 PM...A WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER IN WOODLAND PARK REPORTED 

STREET FLOODING WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF GREATER THAN 2 INCHES 

HAVE OCCURRED NORTH OF WOODLAND PARK ALONG THE DOUGLAS COUNTY 

LINE...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER ALL 

OF NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY. 



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 3912 10532 3896 10532 3897 10502 3906 10502

      3912 10504



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