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COC077-070100-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

605 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     WEST CENTRAL MESA



AT 605 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE 

COLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT. THE STORM IS DRIFTING NORTHEAST. 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH 

THIS STORM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL BACK ROADS.

IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES 

IN STEEP TERRAIN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU ARE WITHIN NARROW 

CANYONS OR NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.



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