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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

351 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 350 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NO RAIN FALLING ON 

THE MILLION BURN SCAR...BUT THERE WAS SOME LIGHT RAIN OCCURRING WEST 

OF SOUTH FORK.



THE RIO GRANDE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT WATER HAS RECEDED ACROSS 

MUCH OF THE BURN AREA...BUT WAS STILL RUNNING ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 

20.  THE BEAVER MOUNTAIN ESTATES REPORTED FLOODING ON ROADWAYS 

AROUND 215 PM AND LATER...AND SOME TREES WERE BROUGHT DOWN BY THE 

FLOWING WATER.  BEAVER MOUNTAIN ROAD HAD WATER AS DEEP AS 18 INCHES 

IN THE LOWER REACHES AROUND 2 PM AND LATER.  IN THE WILLOW PARK 

ESTATES AREA A ROAD WAS COMPLETELY WASHED OUT.



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 3765 10655 3758 10657 3757 10665 3765 10666



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