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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

500 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...  THIS         

  INCLUDES THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO WEST AND THE NORTH SIDE OF       

  PUEBLO.



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT...



* AT 457 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. PUEBLO WEST      

  RECIEVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT. ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF     

  RAIN HAS JUST FALLEN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO WEST.



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

  NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO WEST AND NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO.



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 3834 10490 3832 10460 3844 10456 3846 10490



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