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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

947 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN RIO BLANCO COUNTY IN

NORTHWEST COLORADO HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A SMALL STREAM FLOOD

ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...



THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL TO

EASTERN RIO BLANCO COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST

OUT OF THE AREA.  REPORTS FROM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN RIO BLANCO

COUNTY INDICATE THAT THE HEAVY RUNOFF WHICH OCCURRED WITH THE

THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED.



ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA

AFTER 1030 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS

NO LONGER EXPECTED.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN

RIO BLANCO COUNTY HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A SMALL STREAM FLOOD

ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT.



RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MINOR

FLOODING OF BACK COUNTRY ROADS...CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS. IN

ADDITION...MUD AND ROCKSLIDES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEAR STEEP

TERRAIN. IF YOU OBSERVE RAPIDLY RISING WATER...SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.



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