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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

657 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...



* AT 653 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM NEAR AGUILAR...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH

  OF TRINIDAD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.



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

  AGUILAR.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED NEAR AGUILAR AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SPANISH PEAKS 

AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THAT 

AREA.



IN ADDITION...A CLUSTER OF STORMS ARE DEVELOPING EAST OF INTERSTATE 

25...AND THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE 

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. MAKE THE SMART

CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3722 10425 3764 10447 3739 10473 3736 10491

      3717 10491



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