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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

359 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EXTREME     

  NORTHWEST CORNER OF TELLER COUNTY AND THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR.  



* RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR IN 

  THE WARNING AREA.  THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE HAYMAN BURN 

  SCAR...HACKETT GULCH...LONGWATER GULCH...AND LITTLE TURKEY CREEK



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 3912 10518 3905 10524 3900 10532 3913 10532



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