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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

437 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL

700 PM MDT FOR MESA COUNTY...



RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND GRAND

VALLEY THROUGH 510 PM MDT BRINGING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND

ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOLLOWING THE

PASSAGE OF THESE SHOWERS.



THE MESA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS THAT NUMEROUS STREETS WITHIN THE CITY

OF GRAND JUNCTION HAVE EXPERIENCED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN.

A STRETCH OF 28 1/2 ROAD FROM CHIPETA TO BELFORD HAS EXPERIENCED

STREET FLOODING AND AT LEAST ONE BASEMENT WAS REPORTED FLOODED ON

ORCHARD MESA. ESTIMATES FROM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE

THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ALONG HIGHWAY 141 IN UNAWEEP CANYON.

IT IS LIKELY THAT SMALL MUD AND ROCK SLIDES MAY HAVE OCCURRED WITH

THE HEAVY RAINS WITHIN THE CANYON.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY

BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE. PARKING LOTS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. STAY AWAY

FROM NARROW CANYONS...DRY WASHES...CULVERTS AND CREEKS WHICH MAY

QUICKLY FILL WITH WATER.



CNJ

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