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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

400 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615PM MDT MONDAY 

EVENING FOR RIO GRANDE COUNTY...



HEAVY RAIN FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAPID 

RUNOFF IN AND AROUND THE MILLION BURN SCAR. AT 355 PM NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE HIGHER 

TERRAIN IN WESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE MILLION BURN 

SCAR AREA AND SOUTH FORK. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT 

CONTINUED WEST OF THE BURN AREA WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST AND 

SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE 

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.



AT 400 PM AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES REPORTED OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN 

INCH OF RAIN IN THE BURN SCAR AREA AND RIO GRANDE COUNTY SHERIFF HAS 

BEGAN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING SOME ROADS IN THE AREA. PEOPLE LIVING 

IN AND NEAR THE BURN SCAR AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. BEAVER CREEK ROAD...ESCADIDA ROAD AND SKY 

LINE ROAD HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO WASH OUTS FROM THE RUNOFF. 



PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE BURN SCAR AREA SHOULD QUICKLY PREPARE FOR 

HEAVY RAIN AND RAPID RUNOFF. WATCH FOR DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS 

ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 



LAT...LON 3772 10618 3743 10618 3743 10668 3781 10667

          3780 10660 3771 10659



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