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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
847 AM MDT WED SEP 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR AREA IN WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 230 PM MDT
* AT 840 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR
AREA. WEATHER SPOTTERS AND AUTOMATED GAGES ON AND NEAR THE SCAR
INDICATE THAT A THIRD TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN
ACROSS THE SCAR SINCE ABOUT 6 AM. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF
RAIN OR MORE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY.
TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD EXCEED AN INCH OR MORE BY
AFTERNOON.
* THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLORADO
SPRINGS...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS
AND MANITOU SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
MONUMENT CREEK...FOUNTAIN CREEK...FRENCH CREEK...NORTH DOUGLAS
CREEK...INCLUDING OAK VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK...
WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR FORCE ACADEMY...
CAMP CREEK...INCLUDING QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE
RANCH...31ST STREET CHANNEL...WALDO CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU
SPRINGS...WELLINGTON GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK...SAND GULCH...
INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND
ROCKRIMMON SUBDIVISIONS...SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN
SHADOWS...HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK AND WILLIAMS
CANYON...INCLUDING 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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING
STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3898 10487 3893 10485 3889 10485 3885 10491
3889 10497 3893 10503 3896 10503 3899 10500
3900 10495
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