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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

645 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 1030 PM MDT



* HEAVY RAIN HAS CONTINUED FALLING IN BENT AND PROWERS               

  COUNTIES...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF NUMEROUS CREEKS...STEAMS AND

  ROADWAYS.  HIGHWAY 287 IN PROWERS COUNTY HAS BEEN CLOSED SOUTH OF

  LAMAR DUE TO FLOODING OF THE HIGHWAY.  IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT   

  CLAY CREEK IN PROWERS COUNTY HAS GONE OUT OF ITS BANK.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH       

  800 PM IN PORTIONS OF BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES...WITH WATER LEVELS

  REMAINING HIGH WITH FLOODING CONDITIONS ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS AND

  IN LOW LYING AREAS EXPECTED THROUGH 1030 PM.



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.



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