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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

221 PM MDT THU MAY 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 345 PM MDT



* AT 221 PM...PUEBLO RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE

  SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...MOVING NORTHEAST OVER THE

  BURN AREA. 



* THIS STORM WILL BE CAPAPBLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OF ONE   

  HALF TO ONE INCH IN AN HOUR...SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE             

  FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...AND ASH FLOWS ACROSS THE BURN AREA. RAIN 

  AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE BURN AREA...AND  

  WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE BURN FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF.



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 3912 10505 3880 10507 3876 10530 3912 10531



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