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WGUS55 KPUB 170049

FFWPUB

COC055-101-170345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

645 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

  SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 945 PM MDT



* AT 642 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COLORADO CITY AREA AND 

  THE AREA EAST OF WALSENBURG.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY 

  SLOWLY...AND RAINFALL ESTIMATES NORTHEAST OF WALSENBURG AND NEAR

  COLORADO CITY WERE OVER THREE INCHES.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...

  OVER RURAL SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY AND CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY.



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 3800 10496 3772 10497 3759 10464 3797 10455



$$

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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 170049

FFWPUB

COC055-101-170345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

645 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

  SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 945 PM MDT



* AT 642 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COLORADO CITY AREA AND 

  THE AREA EAST OF WALSENBURG.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY 

  SLOWLY...AND RAINFALL ESTIMATES NORTHEAST OF WALSENBURG AND NEAR

  COLORADO CITY WERE OVER THREE INCHES.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...

  OVER RURAL SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY AND CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY.



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 3800 10496 3772 10497 3759 10464 3797 10455



$$

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