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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1112 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 215 AM MDT



* AT 1110 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

  FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 194 AT THE OTERO AND BENT COUNTY LINE. 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAS 

  ANIMAS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



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

  4 MILES SOUTH OF LAS ANIMAS BY 1215 AM MDT



HEAVY RAIN HAS ALSO OCCURRED OVER EASTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEAST 

OTERO COUNTY.  CREEKS...SUCH AS HORSE CREEK...WHICH FLOW INTO BENT 

COUNTY FROM NORTHEAST OTERO AND EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...MAY RAPID 

RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.





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 3814 10339 3795 10339 3795 10322 3814 10323



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