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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

147 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 445 PM MDT



* AT 148 PM...DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS  

  FALLEN JUST EAST OF THE SPANISH PEAKS. THE STORM IS STATIONARY.



* THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST...AND WILL AFFECT THE 

  APISHAPA RIVER BASIN. THE TOWN WHICH COULD BE AFFECTED BY FLASH 

  FLOODING IS GULNARE.



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

IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT

OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE

CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY

MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD

FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN WATER

ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND GO TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3751 10459 3725 10441 3718 10511 3728 10509

          3735 10494 3740 10471

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