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COC101-020845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1147 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 245 AM MDT...



* AT 1143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED   VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO 

  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.



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

  BEULAH.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 3.5 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF OF UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED 

OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY.  CREEKS...STREAMS AND 

ROADWAYS IN THE AREA MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING THROUGH 245 PM.  AREAS 

PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WILL BE IN AND NEAR THE 

MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.  THIS WARNING EXTENDS AND EXPANDS THE 

PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR 

AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY. 



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. MAKE THE SMART

CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3790 10504 3787 10500 3789 10467 3814 10467

      3824 10488 3820 10504



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