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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

358 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2001



...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CHINLE CREEK IN

SOUTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY UTAH UNTIL MIDNIGHT...



RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHEAST ARIZONA HAS CAUSED A RAPID RISE IN

THE WATER LEVEL ON CHINLE CREEK. TWO RIVER GAGES ALONG CHINLE CREEK

INDICATE THAT THE CREEK HAS RISEN APPROXIMATELY 7 FEET SINCE EARLY

THIS AFTERNOON.



CHINLE CREEK IS LOCATED ON THE NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION AND RUNS

NEARLY PARALLEL TO HIGHWAY 191...APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES TO THE WEST

OF THE ROADWAY. THE CREEK RUNS THROUGH THE VALLEY BOUNDED BY COMB

RIDGE AND NOKAITO BENCH AND INTERSECTS THE SAN JUAN RIVER 8 MILES

EAST OF MEXICAN HAT.



RECREATIONALISTS ALONG CHINLE CREEK AND THOSE LIVING NEAR COMB RIDGE

AND NOKAITO BENCH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A POTENTIALLY RAPID RISE IN

THE WATER LEVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IF WATER RISES NEAR YOUR LOCATION.



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