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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
231 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT
* AT 222 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON
BURN SCAR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND RATES ARE OVER 1/2 INCH.
* THIS IS DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WESTERN
COLORADO SPRINGS...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK AND MANITOU SPRINGS.
JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND
VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND
DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN
ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT
RAINS...SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE
WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3894 10484 3883 10488 3886 10500 3895 10500
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