Flash Flood Warning for Pueblo, CO
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FFWPUB The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The Southern Aspen Acres Burn Scar in... Southwestern Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 830 PM MDT. * At 524 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Southern Aspen Acres Burn...
What the bulletin says to do
This is a life-threatening situation for in and around the southern Aspen Acres Burn Scar. Move away and to higher ground immediately. Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas.
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FFWPUB The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The Southern Aspen Acres Burn Scar in... Southwestern Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 830 PM MDT. * At 524 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Southern Aspen Acres Burn Scar. Up to 0.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 0.75 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through the Scroggs Arroyo, Muddy Creek, and Spring Branch Creek Drainages. 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 Southern Aspen Acres Burn Scar. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Southern Aspen Acres Burn Scar. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Stream crossings and county roads within and immediately downstream of the burn scar.
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Flash Flood Warning issued August 20 at 5:24PM MDT until August 20 at 8:30PM 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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