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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1249 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 445 PM MDT



* AT 1250 PM...PUEBLO RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE   

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

  THE BURN AREA. 



* THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE 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 NORTH AND WEST OF THE BURN AREA... 

  AND WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE BURN FOR THE NEXT THREE HOURS.



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 3910 10511 3893 10511 3889 10531 3911 10531



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