

000 

WGUS55 KPUB 051958

FFWPUB

COC023-055-071-052300-

/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0003.080805T1958Z-080805T2300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

158 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...

  WESTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

  SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 500 PM MDT...



* AT 153 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN WHICH IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE   

  WARNED AREA.



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

  LA VETA PASS...LA VETA...GARDNER AND FARISITA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN. RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVY RAIN IS CONTINUING TO EXPAND 

IN COVERAGE OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AT 157 PM WAS IN 

AN AREA FROM THE LA VETA PASS REGION SOUTH TO THE COLORADO AND NEW 

MEXICO BORDER. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS ON THE EAST SLOPES OF 

THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. 



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. IF YOU DRIVE INTO

WATER THAT IS TOO DEEP...BACK UP. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A ROAD BARRIER IN

FRONT OF WATER ON THE ROAD...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3780 10537 3778 10486 3701 10453 3701 10515



$$



000 

WGUS55 KPUB 051958

FFWPUB

COC023-055-071-052300-

/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0003.080805T1958Z-080805T2300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

158 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...

  WESTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

  SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...



* UNTIL 500 PM MDT...



* AT 153 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN WHICH IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE   

  WARNED AREA.



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

  LA VETA PASS...LA VETA...GARDNER AND FARISITA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN. RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVY RAIN IS CONTINUING TO EXPAND 

IN COVERAGE OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AT 157 PM WAS IN 

AN AREA FROM THE LA VETA PASS REGION SOUTH TO THE COLORADO AND NEW 

MEXICO BORDER. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS ON THE EAST SLOPES OF 

THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. 



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. IF YOU DRIVE INTO

WATER THAT IS TOO DEEP...BACK UP. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A ROAD BARRIER IN

FRONT OF WATER ON THE ROAD...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3780 10537 3778 10486 3701 10453 3701 10515



$$

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