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COZ065-068-040200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

546 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2001



A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT

FRIDAY EVENING FOR



  WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY

  EAST CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY



AT 545 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM JUST EAST OF PONCHA PASS...SOUTHEAST TO 

JUST EAST OF CRESTONE. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES JUST EAST OF 

CRESTONE ARE NEAR 2.5 INCHES OVER THE PAST HOUR. GIVEN THE STEEPNESS 

OF THE TERRAIN IN THIS LOCATION...BE ALERT FOR QUICK RISES IN 

GULLIES...STREAMS AND ARROYOS...INCLUDING NORTH CRESTONE 

CREEK...SOUTH CRESTONE CREEK...AND BURNT GULCH. 



AT 530 PM...THE PUBLIC IN COALDALE HAD REPORTED SEVERAL AREAS OF 

LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...CREEKS AND STREAMS RUNNING VERY 

FAST...AND A GRAVEL SERVICE ROAD WASHED OUT. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL IN 

THIS AREA HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY...WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM...AND MORE HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR.



WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN 

DRIVING...SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY.





LAT...LON 3868 10526 3841 10553 3791 10559 3868 10588

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