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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

652 PM MDT MON AUG 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PUEBLO



* UNTIL 845 PM MDT



* AT 649 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET    

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES    

  WEST OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR TO 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...OR      

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO TO 28 MILES 

  SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...   

   THE CITY OF PUEBLO THROUGH 715 PM

   OVER RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM MDT

   

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 3808 10495 3792 10432 3811 10416 3839 10479



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