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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO  
324 PM MDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
THE WILLOW BURN SCAR IN...  
CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...  
 
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT.  
 
* AT 324 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WILLOW BURN SCAR. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS  
0.5 TO 1 INCH IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1  
INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR  
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR  
WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE ROCK CREEK, WILLOW  
CREEK, ROCK CREEK TRAIL AND NEAR THE LEADVILLE NATIONAL FISH  
HATCHERY. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND  
OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.  
 
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE WILLOW BURN SCAR.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE  
WILLOW BURN SCAR.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
TURQUOISE LAKE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION FOR IN AND AROUND THE WILLOW  
CREEK BURN SCAR. MOVE AWAY AND TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3927 10637 3918 10637 3919 10647 3927 10644  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR  
 

 
 
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