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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
149 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR MIDDLE AND SQUIRREL CREEK DRAINAGES
INCLUDING BEULAH...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ASPEN ACRES BURN SCAR IN...
EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 445 PM MDT.
* AT 149 PM MDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE ASPEN ACRES BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 1 AND
1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH FLOODING OF CREEKS, DRAINAGE
AND ROADWAYS WITH HEAVY DEBRIS FLOWS. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE
IS 1 TO 2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP 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. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK,
MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR MIDDLE AND SQUIRREL CREEK DRAINAGES
INCLUDING BEULAH. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE ASPEN ACRES BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW! IMMEDIATE EVACUATION FOR AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE ASPEN ACRES BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEULAH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGH RISK LOCATIONS...
BEULAH WATER INTAKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
MULDOON CREEK, SOUTH CREEK, SPRING BRANCH, NORTH SAINT CHARLES
RIVER, SQUIRREL CREEK, SAINT CHARLES RIVER, MIDDLE CREEK AND WILLIW
CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DITCHES
IN THE ASPEN ACRES 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.
LAT...LON 3801 10505 3801 10506 3803 10511 3804 10510
3808 10509 3811 10497 3809 10487 3805 10484
3804 10490 3802 10496 3801 10501
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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