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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 190537

FFWPUB

COC089-190830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1132 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 230 AM MDT



* AT 1130 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

  FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 194 AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS EAST OF LA JUNTA. 

  FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED NORTH OF CHERAW.  MOST OF THE HEAVY 

  RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...BUT FLASH FLOODING FROM EARLIER 

  RAIN CONTINUES.  SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS STILL OCCURRING OVER 

  EASTERN OTERO COUNTY.



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

   OVER RURAL NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY AT 1150 PM MDT



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.



THIS EXTENDS THE EARLIER FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OTERO COUNTY.



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 3825 10349 3816 10348 3814 10359 3796 10352

      3799 10339 3825 10340



$$

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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 190537

FFWPUB

COC089-190830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1132 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 230 AM MDT



* AT 1130 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

  FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 194 AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS EAST OF LA JUNTA. 

  FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED NORTH OF CHERAW.  MOST OF THE HEAVY 

  RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...BUT FLASH FLOODING FROM EARLIER 

  RAIN CONTINUES.  SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS STILL OCCURRING OVER 

  EASTERN OTERO COUNTY.



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

   OVER RURAL NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY AT 1150 PM MDT



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.



THIS EXTENDS THE EARLIER FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OTERO COUNTY.



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 3825 10349 3816 10348 3814 10359 3796 10352

      3799 10339 3825 10340



$$

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