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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

632 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 930 PM MDT



* AT 626 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...OR

  ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALIDA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.  THIS

  STORM HAS PRODUCED MUDSLIDES AT THE JUNCTION OF COUNTY ROAD

  306...WHICH IS COTTONWOOD PASS ROAD...AND COUNTY ROAD 162.  



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE...   

  OVER RURAL CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY NEAR COTTONWOOD PASS ROAD

  THOUGH 715 PM.



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 3875 10651 3872 10628 3903 10626 3904 10653



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