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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

433 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 MDT FRIDAY 

AFTERNOON FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY...



FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER 

COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM MDT.  RADAR INDICATES RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE

ON THE HAYMAN...WITH STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION ESTIMATED AT 1 TO 1.5 

INCHES ON THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...NEAR THE TELLER AND DOUGLAS COUNTY 

LINES.  FURTHER SOUTH IN TELLER COUNTY...ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN 

CONSIDERABLY LESS...AT GENERALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH.



AT 425 PM...PUEBLO RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE

TO DEVELOP OVER THE TELLER COUNTY PORTION OF HAYMAN BURN.   THESE 

SHOWERS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT...AND WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE ANY 

EXISTING FLOODING...MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS TO BE IN THIS AREA. 

RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY HEAVY IN THE TURKEY CREEK DRAINAGE

OF NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY.



BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF

NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS

LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR

VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...

INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE

VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING

WATER AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER.

FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN

UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES

AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.



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

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



LAT...LON 3911 10504 3897 10505 3891 10529 3911 10531



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