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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

235 PM MDT WED JUL 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 430 PM MDT



* A THUNDERSTORM IS PASSING OVER THE HAYMAN FIRE BURN AREA IN TELLER 

  COUNTY.  RAINFALL OF 1/2 INCH OR GREATER IS LIKELY OVER THE BURN 

  AREA UNTIL 330 PM.  BECAUSE OF THE VERY POOR ABSORPTION OF 

  MOISTURE BY THE SOIL IN THE BURN AREA...VERY RAPID RISES IN CREEKS 

  AND STREAMS CAN OCCUR...EVEN WITH MODESTLY STRONG RAINFALL.  ASH 

  FLOWS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE BURN AREA.  ONCE AGAIN...THE FLASH

  FLOOD WARNING IS ONLY FOR THE HAYMAN BURN AREA...AND REGIONS VERY 

  CLOSE TO THE BURN AREA IN TELLER COUNTY. 



* AT 235 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF

  LAKE GEORGE...AND IT WAS MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.  DRAINAGES IN THE 

  HAYMAN BURN AREA WILL BE PRONE TO VERY RAPID RISES.



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.



LAT...LON 3913 10509 3912 10508 3897 10532 3912 10532

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