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FLASH FLOOD WATCH...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

300 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO AS

WELL AS EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST UTAH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT

TONIGHT...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A FLASH

FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WESTERN COLORADO...

GARFIELD...EAGLE...MESA...DELTA...PITKIN...MONTROSE...GUNNISON...

SAN MIGUEL...DOLORES...OURAY...SAN JUAN...HINSDALE...MONTEZUMA...

LA PLATA...ARCHULETA



IN EASTERN UTAH...

SOUTHERN UINTAH...GRAND...SAN JUAN



THIS WATCH ESSENTIALLY COVERS THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF WESTERN

COLORADO AND EXTREME EASTERN UTAH.  SPECIFICALLY...THE WATCH COVERS

WESTERN COLORADO FROM AN AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE TAVAPUTS AND

ROAN PLATEAUS AND THE I-70 CORRIDOR TO THE GORE AND ELK RANGES. THE

WATCH ALSO INCLUDES EXTREME EASTERN UTAH ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE

TAVAPUTS PLATEAU...INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF UINTAH COUNTY.



A MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH PRECEDES AN

UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. MODERATE RAINFALL HAS ALREADY BEEN DETECTED

BY DOPPLER RADAR IN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA. THE UPPER

LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ENHANCE RAINFALL AS IT MOVES INTO THE WATCH

AREA.



SATURATED SOILS REMAIN IN MANY LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.

THUS...ANY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RUN OFF THE SURFACE OF THE

GROUND AND COLLECT QUICKLY IN DRAINAGES...ESPECIALLY OVER STEEP...

FLASH FLOOD-PRONE TERRAIN. ADDITIONALLY...A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT

OF RAIN OVER SOME OF THE PREVIOUSLY SATURATED DRAINAGES COULD RESULT

IN MUD SLIDES.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE

WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN

UTAH SHOULD MAKE PLANS...NOW...TO AVOID THOSE AREAS MOST PRONE TO

FLASH FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES.



CAMPERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD AVOID

STREAMS...CREEKS...WASHES...NARROW CANYONS...AND ARROYOS THIS

AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY

OF ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY WITHIN STEEP

TERRAIN...AND IF POSSIBLE...AVOID TRAVELING ON THESE ROADS. IF YOU

WITNESS RAPIDLY RISING WATER...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY.



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