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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1144 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.



* UNTIL 245 AM MDT.



* AT 1143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR

  ABOUT 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.



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

  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT MDT



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED IN SHERIDAN LAKE...AND AN AREA ROUGHLY 10 MILES TO THE 

WEST...SOUTH AND EAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 

2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.



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 3854 10206 3854 10242 3827 10243 3826 10205



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