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WGUS55 KPUB 262226

FFWPUB

COC027-101-270130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

424 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

  WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.



* UNTIL 730 PM MDT.



* AT 420 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEULAH...OR ABOUT 27 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.



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

  THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR THROUGH 5 PM.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF 

OF AN INCH HAS FALLEN OVER THE BURN SCAR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF 

0NE HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE.



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 10500 3819 10521 3789 10501 3796 10483



$$

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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 262226

FFWPUB

COC027-101-270130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

424 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

  WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.



* UNTIL 730 PM MDT.



* AT 420 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEULAH...OR ABOUT 27 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.



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

  THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR THROUGH 5 PM.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF 

OF AN INCH HAS FALLEN OVER THE BURN SCAR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF 

0NE HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE.



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 10500 3819 10521 3789 10501 3796 10483



$$

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