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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

123 AM MDT FRI SEP 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES COLORADO SPRINGS...



* UNTIL 715 AM MDT...



* AT 112 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM STORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  SCHRIEVER AFB...PEYTON...PETERSON AFB...PALMER LAKE...MONUMENT...

  MANITOU SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...FALCON...ELLICOTT...BLACK FOREST AND

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 

25...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT 

AREA.



FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE 

STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED 

ROAD CLOSURES ON THE EAST SIDE OF COLORADO SPRINGS.



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 3854 10436 3853 10492 3912 10495 3912 10440



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