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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

421 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-25...



* UNTIL 615 PM MDT...



* AT 415 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM NEAR MANITOU SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES

  WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  MANITOU SPRINGS...COLORADO SPRINGS. FOUNTAIN CREEK...RUXTON

  CREEK AND SUTHERLAND CREEK WILL RISE RAPIDLY.



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

OCCURRED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24 BETWEEN MANITOU SPRINGS AND PIKES PEAK. 

THIS IS IN AN AREA WITH NARROW CANYONS AND FLASHY STREAMS.



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 3880 10504 3880 10478 3897 10478 3901 10496



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