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WGUS55 KPUB 200112
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
710 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PUEBLO AND PUEBLO WEST...

* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT...

* AT 710 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... 
  PUEBLO WEST.
  PUEBLO.  
  PINON.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE 
OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF PUEBLO WEST AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF 
PUEBLO COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 
EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. LOCALLY HIGHER RAIN AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE 
POSSIBLE.

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. MAKE THE SMART
CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3789 10501 3790 10467 3784 10444 3851 10445
      3852 10478 3825 10479 3825 10503

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