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WGUS55 KPUB 191036

FFWPUB

COC025-191330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

430 AM MDT THU AUG 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 730 AM MDT



* AT 427 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

  FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 96 APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES EAST OF SUGAR CITY 

  CAUSED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST 

  CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 26 MILES NORTH OF LA 

  JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



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

  ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY THROUGH 530 AM AND WILL

  CONTINUE TO WEAKEN QUICKLY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING.   



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 3827 10369 3819 10350 3851 10351 3851 10373



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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 191036

FFWPUB

COC025-191330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

430 AM MDT THU AUG 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 730 AM MDT



* AT 427 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

  FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 96 APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES EAST OF SUGAR CITY 

  CAUSED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST 

  CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 26 MILES NORTH OF LA 

  JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



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

  ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY THROUGH 530 AM AND WILL

  CONTINUE TO WEAKEN QUICKLY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING.   



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 3827 10369 3819 10350 3851 10351 3851 10373



$$

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