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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

811 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM MDT WEDNESDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO

     EASTERN MONTEZUMA



AT 806 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH 

AND HOUR AND MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK RANGERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN 

WITH CREEKS RISING WITHIN THE PARK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP 

TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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