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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

602 PM MDT SAT AUG 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PUEBLO...



* UNTIL 800 PM MDT...



* AT 601 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  PUEBLO WEST.

  PINON.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF OVER 2 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER PUEBLO AND PUEBLO WEST SINCE 530 PM MDT...AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED. 



FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE 

STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS. FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 

THROUGH THE CITY 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 3811 10477 3796 10451 3851 10438 3840 10481



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