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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

942 PM MDT SAT JUL 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...



* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT...



* AT 940 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERE

  MUD SLIDES OVER PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROADS 162 AND 292...IN THE      

  VICINITY OF ALPINE AND SAINT ELMO...IN CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY.     

  THIS AREA IS LOCATED ALONG CHALK CREEK...IN THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF  

  NATHROP.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER 3 TO 8     

  TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL BY 11 PM MDT.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1.0 TO 1.5 

INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED OVER THE AREA BETWEEN 630 AND 930 PM 

MDT.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 8 TENTHS OF AN INCH 

ARE EXPECTED IN THAT AREA BY 11 PM MDT.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL 

LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL MUD SLIDES.



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.



JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN STEEP...SATURATED TERRAIN CAN 

LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE 

SOIL...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE 

AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE 

SOILS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING 

ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER.



LAT...LON 3869 10642 3865 10619 3876 10619 3879 10641



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