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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

653 PM MDT FRI SEP 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT



* AT 645 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NEW 

  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER AREAS OF NORTHEAST PROWERS COUNTY 

  WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLIER. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS

  REPORTED HORSE CREEK AND WEST WILDHORSE CREEK...13 MILES NORTH OF 

  HOLLY ALONG ROAD 35 AND 37...WERE OUT OF THEIR AND RUNNING FAST.

  EMERGENCY OFFICIALS WERE OPENING CANALS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY RAIN 

  AREA TO TRY AND MITIGATE DOWNSTREAM HIGH WATER. THUNDERSTORMS 

  WERE 6 MILES NORTH OF HARTMAN...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF 

  LAMAR. THE STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE OVER...

  RURAL NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM MDT.



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3823 10231 3810 10233 3806 10208 3822 10208



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