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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

829 PM MDT WED AUG 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT



* AT 828 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...

  OR ABOUT OVER CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...

  OVER CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS AND 3 MILES NORTH OF PETERSON AFB BY

  835 PM MDT

  OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS BY 850 PM MDT



ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN IS EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...SPECIFICALLY 

BRACKETT CREEK SOUTH OF CALHAN...WHERE RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.

  

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 3894 10491 3861 10487 3859 10420 3908 10425



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