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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

644 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

  SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

  OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LA JUNTA...

  SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 945 PM MDT...



* AT 639 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG HIGHWAY 50

  AND THE ARKANSAS RIVER FROM FOWLER...TO ROCKY FORD...TO LA JUNTA...

  MANZANOLA...TO CHERAW. 



FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE

STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS.



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. MAKE THE SMART

CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3783 10429 3773 10404 3773 10371 3773 10353

      3801 10321 3825 10325 3825 10347 3809 10430



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