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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

427 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...



* UNTIL 630 PM MDT...



* AT 419 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 114 IN  

CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF 

SAGUACHE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE ROCK 

SLIDES ALONG HIGHWAY 114 BETWEEN NORTH PASS AND SAGUACHE.



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

OCCURRED WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THAT 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. 



LAT...LON 3803 10650 3802 10619 3827 10619 3827 10652



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