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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
545 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2018

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Colfax-
545 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
WESTERN COLFAX COUNTY...

At 544 PM MDT, trained weather spotters reported flash flooding in
Ute Park at Mile Mark 295 on U.S. Highway 64. Flash flooding is
already occurring.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Ute Park.

This will impact the Ute Park fire burn scar including but not
limited to Highway 64 from Ute Park to Cimarron, the Cimarron
River and the Philmont Scout Ranch backcountry as well as Ute Park
including Hummingbird Lane and Cimarron.
Some areas north of Highway 64 that will be impacted include State
Road 204, Bear and Dean Canyons, Ponil Creek, and Turkey
Creek. Some areas south of Highway 64 that will be impacted include
Webster and Cimarroncito Reservoirs, Cimarroncito Creek,
Vaca Pond, Deer Lake, Ute Gulch and Grouse and Sawmill Canyons.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Runoff from rainfall will cause elevated water levels within
vulnerable drainages in and downstream of the Ute Park burn area.

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LAT...LON 3660 10489 3647 10487 3646 10515 3658 10516

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