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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

605 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS...



* UNTIL 900 PM MDT...



* AT 601 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED 

  AREA. 



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

  MONUMENT.

  COLORADO SPRINGS.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 2 AND A HALF 

INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO 

SPRINGS...AS WELL AS JUST NORTH OF BLACK FOREST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF IS EXPECTED IN THAT 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 3876 10486 3879 10464 3912 10450 3913 10490



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