National Weather Service Has Issued Flash Flood Watch for Waldo Canyon Burn
Incident: Waldo Canyon Fire Wildfire
Released: 7/4/2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A· FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR AND AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF THE BURN SCAR...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MANITOU SPRINGS AND THE WESTERN SIDE OF COLORADO SPRINGS...INCLUDING OLD COLORADO CITY.· FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING· RAINFALL OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR COULD CAUSE LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS OVER THE BURN SCAR AND AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF THE BURN SCAR.· AREAS WHICH COULD SEE THE HIGHEST IMPACTS FROM THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS EVENT INCLUDE THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR REGION FROM CASCADE TO INTERSTATE 25...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS AND THE WESTERN SIDE OF COLORADO SPRINGS...INCLUDING OLD COLORADO CITY.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEADTO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTIONSHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
