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WGUS75 KPUB 172321

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

516 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007



COC119-180130-

TELLER CO-

516 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007



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

NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...



AT 512 PM MDT...A STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE EASTERN 

PART OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR NEAR PAINTED ROCKS ROAD AND WEST 

CREEK.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF TURKEY ROCK RANCH ESTATES...WHICH WAS LIKELY 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN THAT AREA.



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 10531 3900 10530 3911 10508 3912 10517



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