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RWUS32 KGJT 222220

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COC085-230100-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

420 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING 

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     WEST CENTRAL MONTROSE



AT 415 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OF 1-2 INCHES IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE PARADOX 

VALLEY. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE DOLORES RIVER OR ROC CREEK 

AND ALONG LOW-LYING AREAS OF HIGHWAY 141 FROM ROC CREEK SOUTHEAST TO 

THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 90.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

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

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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