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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

449 PM MDT MON JUL 10 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAURICIO CANYON BURN SCAR...

  WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 645 PM MDT...



* AT 447 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE MAURICIO CANYON BURN SCAR IN 

  WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF 

  TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL   

  AREAS OF LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF 

INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE MAURICIO CANYON BURN SCAR...AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH 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 3733 10485 3734 10472 3741 10473 3740 10485



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