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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

146 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MILLION BURN SCAR IN RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 445 PM MDT



* A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WILL MOVE 

  ACROSS THE MILLION BURN SCAR THROUGH 545 PM.  THIS AT 148 

  PM...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH FORK...AND

  WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 MPH.



* THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF

  THE BURN SCAR...AFFECTING THE WILLOW CREEK AREA.  RAINFALL RATES 

  OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA.  PEOPLE IN OR 

  NEAR THE MILLION BURN SCAR...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE WILLOW CREEK 

  AREA...SHOULD MOVE TO 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 3769 10652 3760 10652 3759 10669 3769 10667



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