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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

616 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007



COC119-070130-

TELLER CO-

616 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007



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

NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...



AT 612 PM MDT...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUED 

OVER NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ALONG THE 

DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE NORTH OF WOODLAND PARK. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE 

CULVERTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG TROUT CREEK AND HIGHWAY 67 NORTH OF 

WOODLAND PARK...THROUGH 730 PM MDT.  



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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