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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

255 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 900 PM MDT...



* AT 251 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

  WALSH.

  VILAS.

  SPRINGFIELD.

  PRITCHETT.

  BARTLETT.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS 

THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BACA COUNTY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO 

THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.  IN THE VICINITY OF SPRINGFIELD...OVER 2 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON...AND RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN AREAS SOUTH OF 

SPRINGFIELD...AND ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF PRITCHETT.  THE 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS BACA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON 

AND EVENING...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERAL INCHES OF 

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.



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 3701 10308 3700 10202 3743 10206 3741 10303



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