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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

617 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.



* UNTIL 915 PM MDT



* AT 614 PM MDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN  

  WAS OCCURRING FROM JUST EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NORTHEAST TO JUST 

  EAST OF BLACK FOREST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR   

  WERE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THIS AREA RECEIVED VERY          

  HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL QUICKLY CAUSE   

  FLASH FLOODING.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT AREAS...

  MAINLY ALONG HIGHWAY 24 FROM JUST EAST OF COLORADO                 

  SPRINGS...NORTHEAST TO SIMLA.



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 3912 10457 3873 10471 3868 10407 3911 10406



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