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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
508 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2023
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COSTILLA CO-HUERFANO CO-
508 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SPRING BURN SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COSTILLA AND WEST
CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES...
AT 508 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN OVER THE SPRING BURN SCAR, MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160. BETWEEN
1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA COULD CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. MUD SLIDES CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND
OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE SPRING BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE SPRING BURN SCAR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRING BURN SCAR NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160, NORTHWESTERN SPRING BURN
SCAR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IN HUERFANO COUNTY, SPRING BURN SCAR
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IN COSTILLA COUNTY AND LA VETA PASS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGH RISK LOCATIONS...
SOUTH ABEYTA CREEK NEAR COUNTY ROAD 443, SOUTH ABEYTA CREEK NEAR
COUNTY ROAD 442, SOUTH ABEYTA CREEK NEAR COUNTY ROAD 441 AND PASS
CREEK ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE SPRING BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3771 10525 3768 10495 3752 10509 3752 10517
3752 10528
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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