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WGUS55 KPUB 260045

FFWPUB

COC055-260245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

641 PM MDT TUE JUL 25 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 845 PM MDT...



* AT 634 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  LA VETA...HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN LA VETA AND CUCHARA...COUNTY

  ROADS 360...361 AND 363...CHERRY CREEK...WAHATOYA CREEK...BEAR

  CREEK..SCHOOL CREEK...AND ECHO CREEK.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES

HAVE OCCURRED IN THE WARNING AREA...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 

STILL POSSIBLE.



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 3739 10509 3737 10501 3739 10492 3739 10486

      3749 10486 3751 10501



$$

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000 

WGUS55 KPUB 260045

FFWPUB

COC055-260245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

641 PM MDT TUE JUL 25 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 845 PM MDT...



* AT 634 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  LA VETA...HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN LA VETA AND CUCHARA...COUNTY

  ROADS 360...361 AND 363...CHERRY CREEK...WAHATOYA CREEK...BEAR

  CREEK..SCHOOL CREEK...AND ECHO CREEK.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES

HAVE OCCURRED IN THE WARNING AREA...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 

STILL POSSIBLE.



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 3739 10509 3737 10501 3739 10492 3739 10486

      3749 10486 3751 10501



$$

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