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WGUS55 KPUB 152003

FFWPUB

COC109-152200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

202 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 400 PM MDT



* AT 157 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BONANZA...OR

  ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTH OF SALIDA. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...

  5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAGUACHE BY 400 PM MDT



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



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 3833 10611 3823 10630 3779 10612 3805 10565



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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 152003

FFWPUB

COC109-152200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

202 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 400 PM MDT



* AT 157 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BONANZA...OR

  ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTH OF SALIDA. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...

  5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAGUACHE BY 400 PM MDT



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



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 3833 10611 3823 10630 3779 10612 3805 10565



$$

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