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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

812 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...  

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT...



* AT 807 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR OVER 

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF 

  PUEBLO...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL

  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



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

OCCURRED OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR SO FAR...AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.



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 3816 10509 3811 10505 3812 10497 3820 10502

      3820 10510



$$

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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 090215

FFWPUB

COC027-101-090415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

812 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...  

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT...



* AT 807 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR OVER 

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF 

  PUEBLO...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL

  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



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

OCCURRED OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR SO FAR...AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.



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 3816 10509 3811 10505 3812 10497 3820 10502

      3820 10510



$$

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