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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

228 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 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 530 PM MDT



* AT 226 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWESTERN TELLER

  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...

   OVER RURAL NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY THROUGH 300 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 3909 10542 3898 10530 3914 10502 3946 10423

      3979 10461



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