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WGUS55 KPUB 032159

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COC041-040000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

358 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

  THIS INCLUDES EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.



* UNTIL 600 PM MDT.



* AT 355 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONUMENT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES

  NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  MONUMENT BY 420 PM MDT.

  PALMER LAKE BY 700 PM MDT.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN 

BETWEEN 320 PM AND 350 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NOTED JUST SOUTH OF 

MONUMENT.



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 3895 10489 3902 10468 3912 10474 3912 10495

      3906 10496



$$

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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 032159

FFWPUB

COC041-040000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

358 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

  THIS INCLUDES EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.



* UNTIL 600 PM MDT.



* AT 355 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONUMENT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES

  NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  MONUMENT BY 420 PM MDT.

  PALMER LAKE BY 700 PM MDT.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN 

BETWEEN 320 PM AND 350 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NOTED JUST SOUTH OF 

MONUMENT.



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 3895 10489 3902 10468 3912 10474 3912 10495

      3906 10496



$$

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