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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

340 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 630 PM MDT



* AT 335 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM A THUNDERSTORM 18

  MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT 25 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...  

   OVER RURAL SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 101

   THROUGH 630 PM MDT



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING UPGRADES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BENT COUNTY UNTIL 500 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. BE ESPECIALLY

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF

FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3801 10338 3766 10337 3766 10275 3802 10275



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