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RWUS32 KGJT 082141

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COC033-083-113-082300-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...UPDATED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

340 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST SAN MIGUEL, 

SOUTHEAST DOLORES AND NORTHEAST MONTEZUMA COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM 

MDT...



AT 330 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING THAT HEAVY RAINALL OF 

OVER AN INCH PER HOUR WAS OCCURRING NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF SAWPIT 

AND OPHIR IN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED 

IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON.



HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST DOLORES AND 

NORTHEAST MONTEZUMA COUNTIES. RAPID SMALL STREAM RISES, MUD SLIDES 

AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE LIKELY. 



MOTORISTS TRAVELING HIGHWAY 145 BETWEEN PLACERVILLE AND STONER 

SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. 



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

TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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