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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

553 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2001



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL OURAY 

COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT...



SPOTTER REPORTS FROM RIDGWAY INDICATE THAT DITCHES AND CULVERTS 

CONTINUE TO RUN FULL AND STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN TOWN. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL REPORT THAT WORK CREWS HAVE REMOVED ROCKS 

AND DEBRIS FROM COUNTY ROAD 1 NORTH OF RIDGWAY ON LOG HILL MESA. 

THIS ROAD HAS SINCE BEEN REOPENED.



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

AND OTHER WATERWAYS WILL PERSIST UNTIL 630 PM MDT. ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER DALLAS DIVIDE WILL MOVE 

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL OURAY COUNTY. RAINFALL WITH THESE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONE-QUARTER INCH OR LESS PER HOUR.



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

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

WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE.



CNJ

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