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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 211959

FFWPUB

COC027-101-212300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

155 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 2006



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 500 PM MDT...



* AT 149 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A STORM 13 MILES NORTH OF BEULAH...OR ABOUT 15

  MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

  BEULAH.



THIS WARNING IS FOR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR AND NEARBY LOCATIONS.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF ONE HALF AN INCH HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.  ANOTHER STRONG 

THUNDERSTORM...NORTHEAST OF THE BURN SCAR...WILL REACH THE MASON 

GULCH BURN SCAR BY 220 PM.  THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE MASON BURN SCAR 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 3806 10507 3806 10493 3821 10496 3821 10513



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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 211959

FFWPUB

COC027-101-212300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

155 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 2006



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 500 PM MDT...



* AT 149 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A STORM 13 MILES NORTH OF BEULAH...OR ABOUT 15

  MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

  BEULAH.



THIS WARNING IS FOR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR AND NEARBY LOCATIONS.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF ONE HALF AN INCH HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.  ANOTHER STRONG 

THUNDERSTORM...NORTHEAST OF THE BURN SCAR...WILL REACH THE MASON 

GULCH BURN SCAR BY 220 PM.  THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE MASON BURN SCAR 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 3806 10507 3806 10493 3821 10496 3821 10513



$$

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