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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

643 PM MDT SUN JUN 25 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

  THIS WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE MASON GULCH 

  BURN SCAR TO THE TOWN OF BEULAH.



* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT...



* AT 639 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING FROM RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. NORTH CREEK ROAD IN 

  BEULAH IS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING OF NORTH CREEK.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES HAVE OVER  

THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR AND DRAINAGE AREAS 

NORTH OF BEULAH.



FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE

STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS.



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

IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT

OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE

CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY

MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD

FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.



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 UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING

ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER.



LAT...LON 3801 10495 3807 10475 3818 10498 3816 10509



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