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WGUS85 KPUB 060015
FLSPUB

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
615 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

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FREMONT CO-
615 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT

* AT 614 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.   
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON 
  PORTIONS OF THE ROYAL GORGE BURN SCAR.  

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
  CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING   
  INCLUDE...ROYAL GORGE.

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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

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LAT...LON 3849 10525 3843 10526 3843 10537 3849 10535

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