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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

344 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

  PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 645 PM MDT



* A SLOW MOVING...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN 

OVER NORTHEAST BENT AND NORTHWEST PROWERS COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES 

RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES SINCE 200 PM.



* SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF WILEY.  

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS SLOWLY DRIFTING SOUTH AWAY FROM THE 

WILEY AREA.  PERSONS THROUGH NORTHEST BENT AND NORTHWEST PROWERS 

COUNTIES...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPID RISES IN CREEKS.  THE CORE 

OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER HIGHWAY 287 FROM WILEY AND 

NORTHWARD...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER HIGHWAY 287.



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 3822 10247 3798 10246 3798 10288 3824 10289

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