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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

524 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT...



* AT 522 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN EL PASO 

  COUNTY. 



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

  PALMER LAKE.

  MONUMENT.

  NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 FROM 

DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS NORTH THROUGH THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY TO 

NEAR MONUMENT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN 

THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 830 PM MDT. 



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 3880 10495 3895 10439 3912 10449 3913 10496



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