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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

305 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 600 PM MDT



* AT 305 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A STRONG       

  THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE 

  HAYMAN BURN SCAR. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE 

  SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.



* THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAIN AMOUNTS IN    

  EXCESS OF 1 INCH AN HOUR IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN        

  PORTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY AND IS  

  EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS LARGE SECTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR     

  THROUGH 5 PM MDT.  



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.



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