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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1011 PM MDT WED SEP 22 2010

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MESA CO-
1011 PM MDT WED SEP 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 100 AM MDT

* AT 1011 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   
  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH 
  ACROSS WESTERN MESA COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS 
  AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
  CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
  INCLUDE...GRAND JUNCTION AND FRUITA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...COLORADO 
RIVER...EAST SALT CREEK...REED WASH...PRAIRIE CANYON...BIG SALT 
WASH...JERRY CREEK...LIPAN WASH...WEST SALT CREEK...SPRING 
CREEK...PRITCHARD WASH...HUNTER WASH...TWENTYEIGHT HOLE WASH...CLARK 
WASH...LITTLE DOLORES RIVER...GUNNISON RIVER...WHITEWATER 
CREEK...BIESER CREEK...COATES CREEK...MC DONALD CREEK...TRAIL CANYON 
WASH...DEVILS CANYON...MACK WASH...COYOTE WASH...BADGER WASH...DRY 
CANYON WASH...EAST BRANCH REED WASH...LEACH CREEK...INDIAN 
WASH...SINK CREEK...LADDER CREEK...DRY GULCH...LAYTON WASH...LITTLE 
SALT WASH...ADOBE CREEK...HILL CREEK...MAIDEN CREEK...EAST 
CREEK...KANNAH CREEK AND BITTER 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 3927 10841 3893 10838 3890 10902 3933 10903
      3931 10860

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