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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

619 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2001



...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN UINTAH

COUNTY IN EASTERN UTAH UNTIL 800 PM MDT...



AT 615 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL UINTAH COUNTY.  ESTIMATES

OF OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN WERE INDICATED BY THE RADAR.  DRAINAGES

IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE HILL CREEK...WILLOW CREEK AND MAIN

CANYON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST...WHICH COULD CAUSE

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IN SWEET WATER CANYON AND ALONG BITTER CREEK ALSO.



SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED...GET TO HIGHER GROUND AND DO NOT ATTEMPT

TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



ELH

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