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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

540 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007



COC119-070130-

TELLER CO-

540 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007



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

NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...



AT 534 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE DOUGLAS COUNTY 

LINE TO THE NORTH OF WOODLAND PARK. 



AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE EAST OF WESTCREEK...IN EXTREME SOUTHERN 

DOUGLAS COUNTY...INDICATED THAT 2.52 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THIS STORM SINCE 4 PM MDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG TROUT 

CREEK AND HIGHWAY 67 NORTH OF WOODLAND PARK. 



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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