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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

510 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001



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

700 PM MDT FOR MESA COUNTY...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR NORTHEAST MESA COUNTY IN THE GRAND

MESA NATIONAL FOREST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 600 PM. THESE STORMS NEAR

VEGA STATE PARK WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE INCH AN HOUR.

WESTERN PORTIONS OF MESA COUNTY...INCLUDING GRAND JUNCTION...CAN

EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH 700 PM.



PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATED SEVERAL INCHES OF STANDING WATER ALONG

SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 70 BUSINESS LOOP FROM 28 ROAD TO 30 ROAD.

REPORTS OF ONE-HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES WERE RECEIVED BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE MESA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS THAT THE

FLOODING HAD SUBSIDED AROUND GRAND JUNCTION. ESTIMATES FROM WEATHER

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 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 DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AS THE WATER

DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. REMEMBER...DO NOT PLAY

IN FLOOD WATERS. STAY AWAY FROM CULVERTS AND DITCHES WHICH MAY

QUICKLY FILL WITH WATER FROM RUN-OFF. THE DANGERS OF FLOODING CAN

STILL PERSIST EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS STOPPED.



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