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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

253 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM MDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHEAST UTAH

     CENTRAL SAN JUAN



AT 250 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OCCURRING WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ABAJO 

MOUNTAINS. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

OVER PORTIONS OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAINS SINCE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.



THE STORMS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING 

FOR RAIN TO OCCUR OVER THE SAME AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

ONE-HALF INCH TO ONE INCH AN HOUR IS POSSIBLE. SMALL HAIL THAT 

COVERS THE GROUND IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.



AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE DARK CANYON WILDERNESS AREA...MANTI-LASAL 

NATIONAL FOREST...AND THE CITY OF MONTICELLO.



IF WATER BEGINS RISING NEAR YOUR LOCATION MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER 

GROUND. NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS MAY QUICKLY FILL WITH WATER 

EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN MAY NOT BE FALLING AT YOUR LOCATION. BE ALERT 

TO RAINFALL THAT MAY BE OCCURRING UPSTREAM FROM YOU.



CNJ

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