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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

339 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 545 AM MDT



* THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM FOR 

  ANDERSON ARROYO HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 545 AM.



* DEPUTIES REPORT THAT ANDERSON ARROYO IN LA JUNTA REMAINS JUST OVER 

  BANK FULL  AT 330 PM.  THERE IS SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SOME 

  STREETS ADJACENT TO ANDERSON ARROYO.  WATER LEVELS IN ANDERSON  

  ARROYO WILL REMAIN NEAR THIS LEVEL THROUGH 500 PM...THEN GRADUALLY 

  DECREASE.



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 3799 10349 3792 10350 3793 10360 3799 10360



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