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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1122 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 515 AM MDT



* AT 1117 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO FORM AND MOVE OVER 

  KIOWA COUNTY...MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE

  MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA AS PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER TUESDAY

  EVENING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. 



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER...

  ALL OF KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 515 AM MDT. 

  

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF KIOWA COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 

2 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS KIOWA 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3860 10317 3851 10316 3851 10327 3828 10346

      3827 10205 3861 10206



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