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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

218 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008



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HUERFANO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-COSTILLA CO-

218 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN COSTILLA...SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN HUERFANO

COUNTIES...



AT 210 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RED WING...LA

VETA PASS...LA VETA...GARDNER AND FARISITA.



DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON THE EAST 

SLOPES AND THE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS OF THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE 

CRISTO MOUNTAINS. AT 215 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM 

SEGUNDO TO CUCHARA. OTHER HEAVY RAIN WAS NOTED OVER AND JUST TO THE 

TOWN OF LA VETA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES HAVE BEEN 

INDICATED. THESE VALUES MAY BE LOW DUE TO MOUNTAINS BLOCKING THE 

RADAR BEAMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF THE SPANISH PEAKS. 



DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



BE ALERT FOR DEBRIS ON THE ROAD...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 12 AND 

HIGHWAY 160. 



LAT...LON 3780 10537 3778 10486 3701 10453 3701 10515



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