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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

225 PM MDT WED JUL 14 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL

  COLORADO



* UNTIL 430 PM MDT



* AT 222 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TELLER

  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORM

  PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...   

  OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR THROUGH 200 PM MDT



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.



JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH 

FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF 

ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A

MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR

BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS. ENTIRE HILLSIDES CAN BREAK 

AWAY...CREATING DEVASTATING ROCK SLIDES...MUDSLIDES...AND DEBRIS 

FLOWS. ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL FORCE OF THE 

RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PASS THROUGH A CREEK 

BED OR OTHER DRAINAGE AREA.



LAT...LON 3913 10533 3900 10533 3904 10527 3912 10512



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