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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

240 AM MDT TUE SEP 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 840 AM MDT



* AT 240 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IS INDICATING MODERATE TO HEAVY  

  RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE IRON MOUNTAIN BURN AREA IN FREMONT         

  COUNTY.  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE   

  EARLY MORNING HOURS.



* THE STORMS THAT ARE PRODUCING THIS HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING           

  TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...HOWEVER OTHER STORMS CONTINUE TO      

  BUILD OVER THE SAME REGION.  PEOPLE IN THE IRON MOUNTAIN BURN AREA 

  SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.



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.



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