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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

503 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT SATURDAY

EVENING FOR (DESCRIBE LOCATION)...



AT 500 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LIGHTNING...BRIEF RAIN AND SMALL HAIL OVER 

RIO GRANDE COUNTY. SPOTTERS AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES REPORT BETWEEN 

ONE HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AND 

AROUND THE MILLION BURN SCAR...SOUTH OF SOUTH FORK. THE RIO GRANDE 

SHERIFF HAS CLOSED BEAVER CREEK ROAD AND MILL CREEK ROADS DUE TO RUN 

OFF. SOME DEBRIS FROM THE BURN SCAR WAS REPORTED ON THE ROAD WAYS 

AND IN LOW AREAS. 



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA AT LEAST UNTIL 700 PM BUT 

THE INTENSITY OF RAINFALL AND FREQUENCY OF LIGHTNING SHOULD BE 

DIMINISHING BETWEEN 600 AND 700 PM. RUNOFF FROM THE BURN SCAR WILL 

CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN ALONG WITH THE QUICK RISE TO SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAM.

 

WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN AS WELL AS WATER 

OVER THE ROADWAY IN SOME OF THE LOWER AREAS NEAR THE MILLION BURN 

SCAR. WHEN DRIVING...SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE 

ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3770 10613 3743 10610 3742 10662 3773 10664



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