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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
412 PM MDT THU SEP 6 2018
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT.
* AT 411 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN FOR THE HAYDEN PASS BURN SCAR AREA. THE DRAINAGES AFFECTED
WILL BE COTTONWOOD CREEK, BUTTER CREEK, AND LITTLE COTTONWOOD
CREEK.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
FREMONT AND NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTIES.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH THE COTTONWOOD CREEK, BUTTER CREEK, AND LITTLE
COTTONWOOD CREEK. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD,
VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS, ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES, MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.
LAT...LON 3835 10567 3824 10568 3825 10579 3827 10581
3827 10582 3829 10584 3829 10585 3830 10586
3836 10579
KTS
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