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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

608 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 900 PM MDT



* AT 608 PM MDT RADAR AND REPORTS FROM THE HAM RADIO COMMUNITY  

  INDICATE THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH WAS FALLING OVER COLORADO SPRINGS

  HAS ENDED. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER

  COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH NO MORE 

  HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WHERE HEAVY RAINS OCCURRED 

  EARLIER TODAY...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE 

  UNTIL THIS EVENING. INTERSTATE 25 IS STILL REPORTED TO BE 

  CLOSED AT BIJOU DUE TO FLOODING. THE FOUNTAIN CREEK IN COLORADO

  SPRINGS IS EXPECTED TO REACH JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS

  EVENING...AND THEN FALL RAPIDLY LATER THIS EVENING.



* SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN

  EL PASO COUNTY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...NO PREVIOUS 

  HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA...AND SIGNIFICANT FLASH 

  FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.





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. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OR CABLE STATIONS 

FOR LATER UPDATES REGARDING THIS FLOODING SITUATION.



LAT...LON 3890 10453 3855 10454 3856 10489 3889 10490

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