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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

724 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES COLORADO SPRINGS...



* UNTIL 115 AM MDT...



* AT 718 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  SPRINGS...CASCADE...  PEYTON...PALMER LAKE...MONUMENT...GREEN   

  MOUNTAIN FALLS...FALCON...CRYSTOLA...CHIPITA PARK...CALHAN...BLACK 

  FOREST AND AIR FORCE ACADEMY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN 

INCH IN 20 MINUTES HAVE OCCURRED OVER NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS 

SINCE 7 PM MDT AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THIS 

AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  



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 3886 10506 3886 10502 3912 10502 3914 10457

      3913 10405 3911 10403 3875 10404 3875 10493

      3880 10493 3880 10505



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