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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

445 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 645 PM MDT



* THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTH OVER PORTIONS OF THE   

  HAYMAN FIRE BURN AREA IN TELLER COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST     

  STORM HAS MOVED NORTH AND INTO PARK COUNTY...RADAR ESTIMATES OF    

  OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLENING IN THE PAST OVER NORTHWEST      

  TELLER COUNTY. 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 440 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THE CHEESMAN AND    

  THE TERRYALL RESERVOIRS...AND IT WAS SLOWLY BUILDING BACK ACROSS   

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY. 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 10505 3888 10504 3884 10531 3912 10535

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