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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

608 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT



* AT 604 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN AREAS ALONG  

  AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12...GENERALLY WEST OF THE PURGATOIRE         

  RIVER...IN SOUTHWEST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED OVER 5 TO  

  7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHWEST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY         

  GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12. AREAS MOST AFFECT WILL BE REMOTE    

  AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12 FROM SOUTH OF STONEWALL TO SOUTH OF      

  SEGUNDO. TRIBUTARIES MOST AFFECTED WILL BE THE SOUTH FORK OF THE   

  PURGATOIRE RIVER...AND CREEKS FLOWING IN BOTH THE ...LORENCITO     

  CANYON...AND LONG CANYON. RISES IN THE MAIN PURGATOIRE CHANNEL ARE 

  LIKELY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...

  2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEGUNDO BY 625 PM MDT



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

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WHICH WAS ISSUED AT 311 PM.



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 3716 10508 3693 10510 3693 10464 3726 10463



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