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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

441 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT MONDAY 

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



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE HAYMAN 

BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 530 PM...WITH 

FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED.



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR IN THE 

WARNING AREA.  THIS WARNING INCLUDES HACKETT GULCH...LONGWATER 

GULCH...AND LITTLE TURKEY CREEK...AND FOREST ROADS 360 AND 361.



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 10515 3908 10515 3900 10532 3912 10532



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