BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 259 PM MDT SUN AUG 18 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MINERAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 257 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER THE WEST FORK COMPLEX BURN SCAR. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...AREAS IN AND AROUND THE WEST FORK COMPLEX BURN SCAR. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3780 10681 3774 10669 3767 10669 3766 10671
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:03:30 +0000
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