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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

802 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

  WEST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAMAR...



* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT...



* AT 758 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  LAMAR.

  WILEY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED IN AND AROUND THE LAMAR AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP 

TO 1 INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.  INTENSE RAINFALL RATES WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...DITCHES AND CREEKS IN THE 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. MAKE THE SMART

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



LAT...LON 3782 10320 3764 10321 3798 10251 3820 10252

      3819 10286



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