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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

245 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

  WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.



* UNTIL 545 PM MDT.



* AT 241 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO

  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20

  MPH.



THIS WARNING IS FOR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP FOUR TENTHS OF AN 

INCH HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO 1 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...AND THIS CAN RESULT IN FALLING

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

RUSHING WATER.



LAT...LON 3824 10502 3818 10514 3808 10502 3818 10494



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WGUS55 KPUB 222048

FFWPUB

COC027-101-222345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

245 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

  WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.



* UNTIL 545 PM MDT.



* AT 241 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO

  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20

  MPH.



THIS WARNING IS FOR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP FOUR TENTHS OF AN 

INCH HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO 1 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...AND THIS CAN RESULT IN FALLING

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

RUSHING WATER.



LAT...LON 3824 10502 3818 10514 3808 10502 3818 10494



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