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RWUS32 KGJT 092259

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COC113-100145-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

500 PM MDT THU AUG 9 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY HAS BEEN 

DOWNGRADED TO A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 800 PM MDT...



AT 500 PM MDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT 

AREAS OF EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...ALONG HIGHWAY 145 AND 62.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS DISSIPATED...THUS REDUCING THE FLASH FLOOD 

POTENTIAL. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO 

DRIFT ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE 

HEAVIER RAIN COULD TRIGGER ADDITIONAL ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP 

TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 145.



RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 145...FROM PLACERVILLE TO 

TELLURIDE...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR MUDSLIDES AND RAPIDLY RISING 

WATER IN THE SAN MIGUEL RIVER DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF.



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