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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

428 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT WEDNESDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO

     CENTRAL OURAY



AT 425 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY 

HEAVY RAIN TOTALING NEARLY TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN NEAR RIDGWAY.

PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE THAT NEARLY ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

RIDGWAY AND OVER LOG HILL MESA. THE OURAY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS 

THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER WAS RUNNING ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 1 NEAR 

RIDGWAY.



MINOR FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS NEAR DALLAS CREEK 

AND OTHER WATERWAYS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 630 PM MDT. ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS 

CENTRAL OURAY COUNTY. RAINFALL WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL RANGE FROM 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES AN HOUR.



MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND IF WATER RISES NEAR YOUR LOCATION. 

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. FLOOD 

WATERS ARE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE AT NIGHT.



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