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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

255 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST UTAH AND 

SOUTHWEST COLORADO THROUGH MIDNIGHT (1200 AM MDT) TONIGHT...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM MDT TONIGHT 

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO...SAN 

MIGUEL...MONTROSE...SOUTHWESTERN MESA...HINSDALE...ARCHULETA...LA 

PLATA...OURAY...MONTEZUMA AND DOLORES. IN SOUTHEAST UTAH...SOUTHERN 

GRAND AND SAN JUAN.



...REPEAT THIS IS A WATCH AND NOT A WARNING...



AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH AND 

SOUTHWEST COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT. THE ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE 

DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH DEEP SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE TO CREATE 

THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT. 

SPECIFIC AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 145 FROM PLACERVILLE TO 

TELLURIDE WITHIN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO...THE 

LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST UTAH...AND CANYON COUNTRY OF 

SOUTHEAST UTAH...INCLUDING CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK AND MOAB.



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

WATCH AREA. 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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