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Flash Flood Warning for Lake, CO

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FFWPUB The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The Willow Burn Scar in... Central Lake County in central Colorado... * Until 630 PM MDT. * At 324 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Willow Burn Scar. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5...

What the bulletin says to do

This is a life-threatening situation for in and around the Willow Creek Burn Scar. Move away and to higher ground immediately.

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FFWPUB The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The Willow Burn Scar in... Central Lake County in central Colorado... * Until 630 PM MDT. * At 324 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Willow Burn Scar. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through the Rock Creek, WIllow Creek, Rock Creek Trail and near the Leadville National Fish Hatchery. 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 Willow Burn Scar. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Willow Burn Scar. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Turquoise Lake.

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    Flash Flood Warning issued August 12 at 3:24PM MDT until August 12 at 6:30PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Pueblo CO. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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