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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
341 PM MDT THU JUL 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT.
* AT 341 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
0.8 TO 1.3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PONCHA SPRINGS AND PONCHA PASS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGH RISK LOCATIONS...
HIGHWAY 285 SOUTH OF PONCHA SPRINGS TO PONCHA PASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3846 10612 3845 10611 3845 10608 3848 10608
3851 10607 3851 10609
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.8-1.3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
SIMCOE
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