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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

853 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY 

EVENING FOR THE MOUNT PRINCETON AREA IN CHAFFEE COUNTY...



AT 855 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ONLY LIGHT STEADY RAIN FALLING 

IN CHAFFEE COUNTY IN THE REGION IN AND AROUND MOUNT PRINCETON. BASED 

ON CURRENTLY METEOROLOGICAL DATA...NO MORE HEAVY RAIN IS ANTICIPATED 

TONIGHT IN CHAFFEE COUNTY. 



LATEST REPORTS...AS OF 845 PM...FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF INDICATE 

ONLY 2 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED FROM THIS EVENT. IT WAS EARLIER 

REPORTED THAT 8 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. 



MAJOR MUDSLIDES HAVE OCCURRED ALONG ROADWAYS 306 AND 162 IN CHAFFEE 

COUNTY AT THE BASE OF MOUNT PRINCETON. A MUDSLIDE 15 TO 20 FEET 

DEEP...100 TO 200 YARDS WIDE HAS BURIED COUNTY ROAD 306. THIS 

MUDSLIDE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES WEST OF BUENA VISTA. A 

SMALLER MUDSLIDE...4 FEET DEEP...HAS OCCURRED ALONG ROADWAY 162 

APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUENA VISTA. 



ALTHOUGH NO HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING IN CHAFFEE COUNTY AS OF 855 

PM...IT IS UNKNOWN IF RUNOFF CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. FOR THIS REASON...THIS FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT.





LAT...LON 3894 10593 3858 10600 3860 10644 3892 10634

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