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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

338 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 545 PM MDT...



* AT 330 PM MDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A STORM   

OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH   

OF WESTCLIFFE THAT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. SPOTTERS REPORTED RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF NEARLY AN INCH IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR WITH WATER RUNNING 

FAST IN DITCHES ALONG THE ROADS.



* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN 

CUSTER COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES MAY 

HAVE OCCURRED IN THE AREA. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RISE 

RAPIDLY AND MUD FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STEEP TERRAIN.



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 3810 10564 3815 10550 3824 10559 3824 10575



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