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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

545 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

  WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.



* UNTIL 845 PM MDT.



* AT 542 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...OR 

  ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



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

  MASON GULCH BURN SCAR THROUGH 645 PM MDT

  BEULAH BY 605 PM MDT.

  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN ISABEL BY 625 PM MDT.

  RYE BY 705 PM MDT.

  COLORADO CITY BY 715 PM MDT.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY AND FAR WESTERN 

PUEBLO COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 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...AND THIS CAN RESULT IN FALLING

ROCKS OR MUD FLOWS. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE

RUSHING WATER.



LAT...LON 3825 10500 3819 10520 3789 10500 3791 10463



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