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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1122 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...



* UNTIL 145 AM MDT...



* AT 1118 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A STORM THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE

  INDICATED COUNTY.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN BROWNS CREEK...LITTLE BROWNS 

CREEK...THREEMILE CREEK AND FOURMILE CREEK.  RAINFALL HAS DECREASED 

OVER THE AREA...BUT WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT FELL THIS EVENING...WATER 

LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH WITH FLOODING OCCURRING THROUGH 145 AM.



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 3859 10626 3859 10609 3879 10612 3876 10623



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