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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

527 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE HAYMAN BURN SCAN OF NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL

  COLORADO.



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT.



* AT 526 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY...

  OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING WEST AT 5

  MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER...  

  THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR THROUGH 610 PM.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODLAND PARK TO 10 MILES 

NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WOODLAND PARK AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE-HALF 

TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.



JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH 

FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF 

ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A

MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR

BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS. ENTIRE HILLSIDES CAN BREAK 

AWAY...CREATING DEVASTATING ROCK SLIDES...MUDSLIDES...AND DEBRIS 

FLOWS. ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL FORCE OF THE 

RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PASS THROUGH A CREEK 

BED OR OTHER DRAINAGE AREA.



LAT...LON 3902 10531 3907 10520 3912 10511 3912 10531



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