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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

452 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO.

  SOUTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO.



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT.



* AT 447 PM MDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  NEAR CRIPPLE CREEK...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO

  SPRINGS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER OPEN

  COUNTRY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TELLER AND NORTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY 

  THROUGH 700 PM MDT. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER THE LONG HUNGRY GULCH AND PONY GULCH AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR 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 3862 10530 3866 10515 3875 10514 3874 10529



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