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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

619 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MDT THIS 

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     CENTRAL GARFIELD



AT 619 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG PARACHUTE CREEK 

BASIN...NORTH OF PARACHUTE. ADDITIONAL AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

BATTLEMENT CREEK AND COTTONWOOD CREEK ON BATTLEMENT MESA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD 

ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. REMEMBER TO MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU SEE RISING WATER WITHIN NARROW CANYONS OR 

NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS.



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