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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
254 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE SPRING BURN SCAR IN...
NORTHEASTERN COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
WEST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT.
* AT 254 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SPRING BURN SCAR, MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160.
BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA COULD CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. MUD SLIDES CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND
OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE SPRING BURN
SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE SPRING BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRING BURN SCAR NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160, NORTHWESTERN SPRING BURN
SCAR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IN HUERFANO COUNTY, SPRING BURN SCAR
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IN COSTILLA COUNTY AND LA VETA PASS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGH RISK LOCATIONS...
SOUTH ABEYTA CREEK NEAR COUNTY ROAD 443, SOUTH ABEYTA CREEK NEAR
COUNTY ROAD 442, SOUTH ABEYTA CREEK NEAR COUNTY ROAD 441 AND PASS
CREEK ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE SPRING BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3771 10525 3768 10495 3752 10509 3752 10517
3752 10528
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EHR
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