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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

429 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN NORTHEAST UTAH

     SOUTHERN UINTAH



AT 429 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. STORMS OVER THE AREA 

WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND WAS PRODUCING UP TO 1.5 INCHES 

OF RAIN PER HOUR ACCORDING TO RADAR ESTIMATES. AT ITS CURRENT RATE 

THIS STORM WILL EXIT NORTH OF THE AREA BY 600 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS

WELL AS RANGELAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



SPECIFIC CREEKS AND WASHES TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE ATCHEES WASH...

BITTER CREEK...THE WEST FORK OF SADDLE CREEK DRAW AND SAND WASH. 

EACH OF THESE TRIBUTARIES FEEDS INTO THE WHITE RIVER.



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