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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1142 AM MDT WED AUG 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

* AT 1140 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

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

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT SOME ARROYOS NEAR HOEHNE ARE
FLOODING...AND 3 TO 4 INCHES OF WATER ARE FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 350.
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SEVERAL ARROYOS...AND WATER MAY BE
FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 350 AT OTHER LOCATIONS BETWEEN THE JUNCTION
WITH HIGHWAY 160 AND THATCHER.

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 3752 10443 3755 10424 3716 10412 3712 10437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 180DEG 0KT 3723 10427

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