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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

506 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

  SOUTHERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

  SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...



* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT...



* AT 457 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 SOUTHERN   

  COLORADO SPRINGS...VICTOR...SECURITY...SCHRIEVER AFB AND CRIPPLE   

  CREEK.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS UP TO 2 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SECURITY 

SINCE 4 PM MDT.  IN ADDITION...RAINFALL ESTIMATED OF BETWEEN 1 AND 2 

INCHES SINCE 4 PM MDT WERE NOTED 5 MILES TO THE WEST OF CRIPPLE 

CREEK.  THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 8 PM MDT.  



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 3852 10555 3871 10542 3871 10533 3883 10533

      3881 10426 3853 10422



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