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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
745 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT.
* AT 745 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN BIG SANDY AND BUFFALO CREEK DRAINAGES SOUTH OF
BRANDON AND SHERIDAN LAKE. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS
OF THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, HIGHWAYS,
RURAL ROADS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE, BRANDON AND CHIVINGTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BIG SANDY CREEK AND RUSH CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3849 10215 3837 10215 3832 10224 3831 10247
3834 10255 3843 10255 3850 10249 3851 10229
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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