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000 

WGUS75 KPUB 072004

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

204 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008



COC023-055-072230-

/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080807T2230Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

HUERFANO CO-COSTILLA CO-

204 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL COSTILLA AND WEST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES...



AT 200 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8

MILES WEST OF LA VETA PASS...OR ABOUT 31 MILES EAST OF ALAMOSA...

MOVING EAST AT 3 MPH.



THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER 

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH 

HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE MATO VEGA BURN SCAR...NEAR HIGHWAY 160 AND LA 

VETA PASS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THAT 

AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE SATURATION OF 

THE GROUND...AND RECENT MUDSLIDE HISTORY...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING 

AND MUD FLOWS ACROSS HIGHWAY 160 IS PROBABLE.



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 3751 10529 3756 10537 3767 10533 3763 10517



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000 

WGUS75 KPUB 072004

FFSPUB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

204 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008



COC023-055-072230-

/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080807T2230Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

HUERFANO CO-COSTILLA CO-

204 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL COSTILLA AND WEST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES...



AT 200 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8

MILES WEST OF LA VETA PASS...OR ABOUT 31 MILES EAST OF ALAMOSA...

MOVING EAST AT 3 MPH.



THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER 

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH 

HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE MATO VEGA BURN SCAR...NEAR HIGHWAY 160 AND LA 

VETA PASS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THAT 

AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE SATURATION OF 

THE GROUND...AND RECENT MUDSLIDE HISTORY...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING 

AND MUD FLOWS ACROSS HIGHWAY 160 IS PROBABLE.



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 3751 10529 3756 10537 3767 10533 3763 10517



$$

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