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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

700 AM MDT WED AUG 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 1000 AM MDT...



* AT 654 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM STORMS OVER EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY. 



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

  HOLLY.

  HARTMAN.

  GRANADA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF OVER 5 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED NEAR HOLLY...WITH NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN GRANADA.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.



AT 655 AM MDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING WERE 

LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 50 FROM NEAR GRANADA TO NEAR HOLLY. THESE 

STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT 5 MPH. PERSONS TRAVELING 

ALONG HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN HOLLY AND GRANADA...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 89 

SOUTH OF HOLLY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF WATER COVERING 

THE ROAD AND FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY CREEKS AND ARROYOS. 

FLOODING ALONG TWO BUTTE CREEK SOUTH OF HOLLY IS LIKELY. 



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 3801 10234 3819 10232 3818 10222 3816 10206

      3794 10205 3783 10224

TIME...MOT...LOC 1300Z 180DEG 0KT 3802 10214



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