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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
946 PM MDT WED SEP 22 2010

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MESA CO-
946 PM MDT WED SEP 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1230 AM MDT

* AT 944 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH 
  ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
  APPROACHING ONE INCH WILL OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY 
  MOVE THROUGH.  

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
  CROSSINGS. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF GATEWAY.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...DOLORES RIVER... 
MAVERICK CANYON...CLARK WASH...LITTLE DOLORES RIVER...BIESER 
CREEK...COATES CREEK...BIG DOMINGUEZ CREEK...FAIR CREEK, LA...WEST 
CREEK...BLUE CREEK...JOHN BROWN CREEK...NORTH LOBE CREEK...COW 
CREEK...UTE CREEK...NORTH FORK WEST CREEK...CALAMITY CREEK...SALT 
CREEK...LITTLE MAVERICK CANYON...FALL CREEK...BEAR CREEK...GILL 
CREEK...BEAVER CREEK...MAILBOX BRANCH BLUE CREEK...EAST CREEK... 
SNYDER CREEK...TRAIL CANYON WASH...GRANITE CREEK...HILL CREEK... 
MAIDEN CREEK...HAY PRESS CREEK...LADDER CREEK...NORTH EAST CREEK... 
JOHNSON CREEK...RENEGADE CREEK AND RYAN CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

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

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LAT...LON 3896 10863 3871 10860 3861 10869 3854 10884
      3854 10904 3899 10904

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