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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

808 PM MDT TUE AUG 10 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

  PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT



* AT 805 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHRIEVER

  AFB...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 35

  MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...

   OVER RURAL NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 1115 PM MDT

   OVER RURAL SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 1115 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 3881 10429 3881 10456 3831 10451 3836 10412



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