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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

114 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

  THIS INCLUDES COLORADO SPRINGS.



* UNTIL 415 PM MDT.



* AT 106 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM

  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MONUMENT TO CENTRAL

  COLORADO SPRINGS TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT CARSON...OR ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO COLORADO

  SPRINGS TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 5

  MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER... 

  COLORADO SPRINGS...WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO

  COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS WITH SOME 

FLOODING AT NORTH ACADEMY AND CAREFREE IN COLORADO SPRINGS.



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 3874 10459 3910 10418 3912 10494 3854 10490



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