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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
524 PM MDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE SOUTHERN ASPEN ACRES BURN SCAR IN...
SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT.
* AT 524 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN ASPEN ACRES BURN SCAR. UP TO 0.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO
0.75 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN
DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE SCROGGS ARROYO, MUDDY CREEK, AND
SPRING BRANCH CREEK DRAINAGES. 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 SOUTHERN ASPEN ACRES BURN
SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
SOUTHERN ASPEN ACRES BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
STREAM CROSSINGS AND COUNTY ROADS WITHIN AND IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM
OF THE BURN SCAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION FOR IN AND AROUND THE SOUTHERN
ASPEN ACRES BURN SCAR. MOVE AWAY AND TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
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 3796 10502 3799 10499 3802 10493 3803 10490
3800 10484 3797 10484 3793 10487 3792 10491
3794 10500 3792 10504 3794 10505
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-0.75 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
MG
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