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FLASH FLOOD WARNING Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500, 11000 Ft, Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft, Trinidad Vicinity, Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft, Eastern Las Animas County (Colorado) - 1117 PM MDT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1117 PM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010 COC071-310700- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-100731T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 1117 PM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM MDT... AT 1115 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN AREA CENTERED AROUND 8 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TRINIDAD...AND UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIL HAS FALLEN ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 2. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE OPEN COUNTRY BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TRINIDAD. SOME FLOODING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 IS POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...SAN FRANCISCO CREEK...FRIJOLE CREEK...AND RATON CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

Weather warning data provided by the National Weather Service.

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