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RWUS32 KGJT 220100

FFSGJT

UTC047-220300-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

700 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2001



A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN UINTAH 

COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING.



AT 700 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN HAD FALLEN ON THE NORTH FACE OF THE TAVAPUTS PLATEAU THIS 

EVENING. ALSO ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE

SOUTHWEST. SO THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 900 PM MDT. 



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 FLOWS NORTH INTO THE WHITE RIVER.



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