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<br />of flash ncodin'J. T"i~ is done by ",ear,s of forecdsts 0: app~')a<::"+ <br />in~ storm systems Qr rad~~ detecticn nf i~~i~cnt Or o~currins he~vy <br />rainfall. '!:!".c area is '..itcdn the effecti.", ranqe of th", WSI'-57 "'aear <br />installation at Limn~. ~olor~~o. Ttis facility, ~itt wBP~-~8 rrada~ <br />facsi,dle) romotcd to t~e \,eilt~.er Service Offic<os ..t ~)"'nv"r "nd <br />Pueblo, provides "ontinuoo.>~ so.>rveillance and infonr,lItion er. preeipi- <br />~"tion ir.tensity, stor" lo~ation, ar,d possible flM;!". flOO<!in(j. T'le <br />WBRR-68 is 1I1so scheduled for Colnr"do Sprinqs. <br />The ~OAA Weat"~r Service Office located at Colorado <br />Springs rPete~son Field) supplies weathe~ forecasts f~ut tiMe daily <br />for Colorado Springs and vicinity. These fo~ecasts are disseminat<od <br />c.i~ectly to local n"w~ media loy limited acces~ telep'lone. J:n addi. <br />tion to the routine forecasts, special foreca$ts of ~evere sto~,S <br />o~ flood warnings arc issued a~ required. <br />A co~unity fla~h flood ~eporting net~~rk of river and <br />rainfall stations and a flood wa~ning program developed and ope~ated <br />in connection ,.;it'! the 24.hour Weathe~ S"rvice facilitie' could <br />minl~i7.e loss of life ane. movable pro~~ty in the event of a ~ajor <br />flood. such ~~ ar~a~qe~ent ~~~lci ~equire tbat loc~l river nnd rain- <br />f~ll reports b<o comnu~icated promptly by responsitle local officials <br />to the Weathe~ se~vice ~oreca~t Office for eval~dti0n and analysis. <br />J:f available, this data and ""il.ly~is woulol ))., u,.ed by tlw 'Ie~the~ <br />S.nvice to mO~e oIccurat"ly for..".un "Ol,,,"unity rq.'~esentativ~~ of <br />potential sto~ and flood conditions. <br /> <br />provisions for alerting ~~ni~ou Sprinqs area residents <br />and ooordinating operations of city and county public s~~vice aqencies <br />in a time of emergency are pr"~ctibed in th~ standing p~ocedU~es <br />developed in the course of civil defense planning. <br /> <br />Flood Fighttng ~nd Emerqency Evacuation P1a~~ <br />!>rovisionz for alertir.<J a~~.' rcsidcntn ;:"'~ c('K~~i~.'tir.g <br />operations of city and county pUblic ge~vice ~qencieg i~ a tine ot <br /> <br />e"'~rgencl" arc ;o::-c~c~tl.,. dC""'.le"L~," it; u,,, "C~I"'L"':" s"ri"<;~/::I r,,~c <br />County Ev"cuation ~ Operi>.tions Plan (Janaary l'lG7)." ':'he pld~.' s <br />concept of operation calls br di~~eminatio" of "hci.lvy :aia .iarl\+ <br />inqs" during th" "arlie~t stases of ~ flood tbr.,,,t." <br />a <br /> <br />n <br />