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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

408 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT SUNDAY 

EVENING FOR TELLER COUNTY AND THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA...



AT 400 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...MOVING TO 

THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THERE WERE MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAINFALL FORMING TO THE NORTH OF THE HAYMAN BURN AREA AND MOVING 

SOUTH. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF HIGHWAY 67 BEING WASHED OUT BY 

MUDSLIDES JUST NORTH OF TELLER COUNTY.     



RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE 

HAYMAN BURN AREA AND ALL OF 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. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER 

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 3912 10505 3898 10505 3898 10532 3912 10531



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