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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

654 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2001



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 

800 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN SOUTHEAST UTAH

     NORTHERN SAN JUAN



IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH

     SOUTHERN GRAND



DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SO FAR WITHIN THE 

ADVISORY AREA HAS BEEN IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAN JUAN COUNTY IN 

THE NORTHERN PORTION OF CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK.  ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 1.00 INCH AND 1.20 INCHES  

WITHIN A HALF HOUR PERIOD. AREAS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...MOAB...

LA SAL...ARCHES NATIONAL PARK ...AND CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 

MAY ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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