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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

807 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...



* AT 804 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  LA VETA.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER SOME FLASH 

FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN.  



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT THAT HIGHWAY 69 IS STILL CLOSED EAST OF 

GARDNER DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.  RESIDUAL FLOODING MAY BE 

OCCURRING IN OTHER AREAS.



FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE

STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS.



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 3733 10506 3738 10494 3739 10484 3778 10494

      3779 10512



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