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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1101 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...



* UNTIL 100 AM MDT...



* AT 1058 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO 

  REPORT FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING OVER

  EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY. 



AT 1033 PM MDT...OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING OVER 

EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY. THE STATE PATROL REPORTS HIGHWAY 50 IS 

CLOSED AT MILE MARKER 288 NEAR PENROSE DUE TO HIGH WATER...THOUGH 

WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE SLOWLY RECEDING. STATE HIGHWAY ONE FIFTEEN 

IS REPORTED TO BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER NORTH OF PENROSE...AND 

WASHED OUT AND CLOSED BETWEEN FLORENCE AND PENROSE. BRIDGES OVER 

BEAVER CREEK ALONG COUNTY ROADS 132 AND 123 ARE REPORTED TO BE 

WASHED OUT.    



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF OVER 4 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE 

PENROSE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 1 AM IN THE AREA FROM CANON CITY EAST TO PENROSE AND 

FLORENCE. 



BEAVER CREEK AND EIGHT MILE CREEK WILL REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

THROUGH 1 AM MDT...AND THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 

BANKFULL FROM PORTLAND DOWNSTREAM TO PUEBLO RESERVOIR OVERNIGHT.



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 3826 10493 3864 10493 3864 10533 3842 10513



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