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WGUS55 KPUB 181900

FFWPUB

COC015-182100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1258 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...



* UNTIL 300 PM MDT...



* AT 1254 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY 

  RURAL AREAS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY.



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

HAVE OCCURRED IN THE FOURMILE...SOUTH SAND...SQUAW AND PLACER CREEK 

BASINS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 OR 2 INCHES 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 3857 10624 3854 10606 3872 10609 3872 10629



$$

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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 181900

FFWPUB

COC015-182100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1258 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...



* UNTIL 300 PM MDT...



* AT 1254 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY 

  RURAL AREAS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY.



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

HAVE OCCURRED IN THE FOURMILE...SOUTH SAND...SQUAW AND PLACER CREEK 

BASINS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 OR 2 INCHES 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 3857 10624 3854 10606 3872 10609 3872 10629



$$

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