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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

423 PM MDT FRI JUL 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 615 PM MDT



* AT 418 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF KARVAL...OR 43 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.



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

  CENTER AND KARVAL.



AT 415 PM MDT...THE LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT WATER WAS 

FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 71 AND OTHER LINCOLN COUNTY ROADS TO THE SOUTH 

OF PUNKIN CENTER AND WEST OF KARVAL.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ALMOST 2 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY SINCE 330 PM. 

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...BUT 

RAPID RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 630 PM. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY AS THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A

FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR

VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3885 10337 3865 10332 3866 10370 3887 10375

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