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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

215 PM MDT THU AUG 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 500 PM MDT



* AT 215 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN BETWEEN PLACERVILLE 

  AND TELLURIDE. THESE STORMS WILL INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING AND MUDLSIDES ALONG HIGHWAY 145...EAST OF PLACERVILLE. 

RISES ON THE SAN MIGUEL RIVER CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. 



MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 145 BETWEEN TELLURIDE AND PLACERVILLE SHOULD 

USE EXTREME CAUTION AND TRY TO AVIOD TRAVEL ALONG THIS HIGHWAY.

IN ADDITION...RAPID RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

ON SECONDARY ROADWAYS IN THE WARNED AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. 



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