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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

139 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 445 PM MDT



* THIS WARNING IS FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA.  RADAR SHOWS SLOW 

  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS

  ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF THREE    

  QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN ONE HOUR.



* VERY RAPID RISES IN DRAINAGES IN THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA ARE

  LIKELY.  MODEST RAINFALL RATES CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS FLASH  

  FLOODING...BECAUSE WATER CANNOT BE ABSORBED BY THE SOIL IN THE BURN

  SCAR AREA.



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 3900 10533 3910 10506 3913 10508 3913 10532



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