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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

301 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT SATURDAY 

AFTERNOON FOR THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN RIO GRANDE COUNTY...



AT 255 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT MUCH OF THE MILLION BURN SCAR 

AREA WAS EXPERIENCING LITTLE OR NO RAIN. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE BURN SCAR...AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE AREA IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 445 PM. 



RAIN GAUGES IN THE BURN AREA HAVE SHOWN THAT UNDER 3/4 OF AN INCH OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ALL AREAS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNT IN THE 

MIDDLE OF THE BURN AREA.  WATER AND MUD WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW OVER 

ROADWAYS AND DOWN THE BEAVER CREEK DRAINAGE.  



AT AROUND 2 PM THE RIO GRANDE SHERIFF REPORTED THAT WATER NEARLY 

1 1/2 FEET DEEP WAS FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY IN THE LOWER PART OF 

THE BEAVER CREEK DRAINAGE.



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.



LAT...LON 3770 10655 3762 10654 3760 10668 3766 10667



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