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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

732 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT 

MONDAY EVENING FOR...



  SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY...

  WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.



AT 726 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO STRONG 

STORMS REMAINED IN THE VICINITY OF LA VETA...WITH MORE STORMS 

DEVELOPING NEAR WALSENBERG. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY 

WEST SOUTHWEST...ALONG THE CUCHARA RIVER BASIN. DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATES ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM LA VETA TO 5 

MILES EAST OF LA VETA...AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTERS HAVE 

INDICATED THAT CUCHARA RIVER IS RUNNING BANKFULL IN SPOTS. GIVEN 

THAT MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA TONIGHT...SOME LOCALIZED 

FLOODING ALONG THE RIVER IS POSSIBLE. 



BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING CREEKS AND ARROYOS...DO NOT DRIVE 

THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH OR LOW WATER PASSES WHICH ARE FULL.



ALSO...WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN 

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



LAT...LON 3782 10440 3726 10448 3722 10513 3769 10514

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