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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

645 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CHAFFEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...



* UNTIL 945 PM MDT...



* AT 640 PM MDT...THE CHAFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING ON    

  COUNTY ROAD 111 JUST EAST OF SALIDA. WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED ON    

  THE ROADWAY 6 MILES EAST ON HIGHWAY 291.



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

     SALIDA.



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 3844 10609 3847 10604 3846 10602 3850 10595

      3856 10590 3862 10589 3863 10636 3857 10633

      3852 10633 3848 10624 3844 10622



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