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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

447 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

  NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 900 PM MDT...



* AT 445 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM 10 MILES EAST OF FLORENCE...OR ABOUT 21

  MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.



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

  FLORENCE.

  ROCKVALE.

  SOUTH CENTRAL CANON CITY.

  ROYAL GORGE.



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

HAS OCCURRED BETWEEN 330 PM MDT AND 445 PM MDT OVER FAR NORTHWESTERN 

PUEBLO COUNTY AND FAR EAST-CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS IS 

EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THIS AREA BETWEEN 445 PM AND 830 PM MDT.



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 3827 10479 3851 10479 3850 10493 3865 10494

      3864 10519 3864 10586 3841 10593 3826 10576

      3827 10528



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