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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

250 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 445 PM MDT



* AT 246 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 

2 TO 3 INCHES BETWEEN 145 PM AND 245 PM IN AND AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 8 

MILES NORTH OF CANON CITY. AT 240 PM A PERSISTENT...SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORM WAS 2 MILES NORTH OF CANON CITY. ANOTHER STORM WAS 2 

MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANON CITY. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY 

AND WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL LEAD TO FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE CANON CITY...FLORENCE AND PENROSE AREA. FOUR MILE 

CREEK AND WILSON CREEK WILL LIKELY RISE RAPIDLY TO OR ABOVE BANK 

FULL. THE ARKANSAS RIVER IN CANON CITY MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY AS THE 

HEAVY RAIN DRAINS ACROSS CANON CITY.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...

  CANON CITY

  FLORENCE

  PENROSE



IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH WATER. YOU NEVER KNOW HOW 

DEEP THE WATER REALLY IS. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FROM DRAINAGE 

DITCHES AND SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER. 



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