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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

953 AM MDT WED AUG 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 100 PM MDT...



* AT 950 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A STORM AROUND THE INTERSTATE 25 EXIT 97. THIS 

  PORTION OF THE INTERSTATE IS CLOSED BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND.

  THE INTENSE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED..BUT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE

  TO OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES

  OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE

STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS.



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 3825 10462 3825 10460 3824 10460 3824 10463

TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 180DEG 0KT 3824 10461



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