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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

941 PM MDT TUE AUG 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN 

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT THIS 

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     NORTHWEST PITKIN

     NORTHEAST MESA

     SOUTHEAST GARFIELD 



AT 941 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. LOCAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH IN LESS THAN 45 MINUTES WILL OCCUR. SPECIFIC 

AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 82 FROM GLENWOOD 

SPRINGS TO CARBONDALE...AND HIGHWAY 133 FROM CARBONDALE TO REDSTONE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAINS 

WILL ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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