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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

153 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...



* UNTIL 400 PM MDT...



* AT 143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A STORM OVER NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...OR

  ABOUT 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORM PRODUCING

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER THE HAYMNAN

  BURN SCAR AREA OF NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY.  HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN

  OVER THE TRAIL CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN THAT FLOWS TO THE NORTHEAST.



PRECIPITATION GAGES IN THE AREA INDICATE RAINFALL OVER .75 IN LESS 

THAN ONE HOUR WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED AS THE STORMS 

REDEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. 



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 3899 10531 3899 10512 3912 10513 3912 10531



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