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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

944 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 145 AM MDT



* AT 941 PM MDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A LINE OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY TO 12 MILES 

  SOUTHEAST OF ORDWAY.  THE LINE WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  OVER RURAL EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 1100 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 3812 10373 3816 10361 3817 10350 3850 10351

      3850 10386



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