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RWUS32 KGJT 070056

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COC097-070200-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

656 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR WESTERN PITKIN COUNTY...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE 

DIMINISHED OVER WESTERN PITKIN COUNTY. HOWEVER STORMS ARE EXPECTED 

TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.  THEREFORE THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY...WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT.



WHILE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HAS DECREASED...RUNOFF IS STILL EXPECTED 

ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 82. MUDSLIDES AND ROCK DEBRIS ARE ALSO 

POSSIBLE.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE

IN GRAND JUNCTION.



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