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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

515 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS



* UNTIL 715 PM MDT



* AT 506 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  AND FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLORADO SPRINGS.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...OVER THE

  COLORADO SPRINGS METRO AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 600 PM MDT

 

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

TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATED THAT CHEYENNE CREEK...ON THE WEST 

SIDE OF COLORADO SPRINGS WAS RUNNING HIGH AND FAST...BUT WAS STILL 

WITHIN ITS BANKS.  FOUNTAIN CREEK WAS JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 

FOUNTAIN...AND SHOULD BE RISING FURTHER AT THE NEVADA AVENUE 

GAGE...AS WATER FROM CHEYENNE CREEK EMPTIES INTO FOUNTAIN 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. BE ESPECIALLY

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

FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3887 10498 3859 10486 3864 10441 3905 10460



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