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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

732 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

  THIS INCLUDES SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.



* UNTIL 930 PM MDT.



* AT 728 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR          

  FALCON TO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.



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

  EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH 800 PM MDT.

  SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH 800 PM MDT.

  

FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE

STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS.



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 3890 10447 3896 10462 3887 10480 3873 10476



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