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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

500 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT



* RADAR BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN 

TELLER COUNTY WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY DROPPED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF 

TELLER COUNTY...AND WAS AFFECTING THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR REGION. 



*  RESIDENTS IN THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY.



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 3915 10514 3893 10514 3893 10534 3914 10534



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