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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

206 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY FOR WESTERN EAGLE COUNTY AND

GLENWOOD CANYON AREA UNTIL 330 PM MDT...



A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN GLENWOOD SPRINGS AND EAGLE

PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 100 PM AND 200 PM MDT.

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH AN HOUR OR MORE WERE ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

THE EAGLE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 2 FEET OF WATER ACROSS SOME ROADS

IN THE TOWN OF EAGLE. PEOPLE LIVING OR RECREATING IN SOUTHWESTERN

EAGLE COUNTY...COTTONWOOD DIVIDE AREA...AND THE GLENWOOD CANYON AREA

SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. SHOULD

FLOODING BE OBSERVED...GET TO HIGHER GROUND AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE

REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.



JAD

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