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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

129 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM MDT FRIDAY

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     CENTRAL MONTROSE...SOUTH CENTRAL MESA AND SOUTHWESTERN DELTA



AT 120 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN NEAR ESCALANTE FORKS ALONG THE MESA-MONTROSE COUNTY LINE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY DOMINGUEZ...ESCALANTE...AND DRY CREEKS. 

COUNTRY ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY FLOOD. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD 

ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



TRAVELERS...HIKERS...AND CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID THESE AREAS AND MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND AT THE FIRST SIGN OF RISING WATER.  DO NOT ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.



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