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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
928 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
  WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1230 AM MDT

* AT 922 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN
  CONTINUED OVER THE WARNED AREA AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS
  HAVE REPORTED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN.  UP TO AN INCH MORE RAINFALL
  IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1230 AM MDT.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...BLACK FOREST...CASCADE...
  CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...ELLICOTT...FALCON...FOUNTAIN...GREEN
  MOUNTAIN FALLS...MANITOU SPRINGS...MONUMENT...PALMER LAKE...
  PETERSON AFB...PEYTON...SCHRIEVER AFB...SECURITY AND WOODLAND PARK.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY LOCAL
BROADCAST MEDIA...INCLUDING DEEP...RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER FLOWING
OVER THE ROAD AT DATE AND SIFRED STREETS...NEAR AUSTIN BLUFFS AND
ACADEMY...WITH WATER HALF WAY UP THE DOOR OF AN ABANDON VEHICLE.

FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR FOUNTAIN IS ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE THIS
EVENING...WITH FLOODING OF LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL AREAS ALONG THE
RIVER OCCURRING.

THE FLOOD WAVE ON THE FOUNTAIN IS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHERN EL
PASO COUNTY...TOWARD PUEBLO COUNTY...WHERE WATER LEVELS IN THE
FOUNTAIN WILL BE ON THE RISE LATER THIS EVENING.

NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS ARE UNDER POOLED WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...
WITH FLOWING WATER IN SOME CASES.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...FOUNTAIN
CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK...AND ALL TRIBUTARY STREAMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING
STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN!

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LAT...LON 3852 10443 3852 10486 3912 10517 3912 10433

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