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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

550 PM MDT TUE JUL 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT TUESDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     CENTRAL GARFIELD



AT 550 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN AT NEW CASTLE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM NEW CASTLE TO 

RIFLE. MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...PONDING OF WATER...AND MUD AND 

ROCK SLIDES WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND NEW CASTLE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 

70. SOME MINOR FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN 

NEWCASTLE.



TRAVELERS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THIS AREA. DO NOT CROSS 

FLOODED ROADS IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. ONLY SIX INCHES OF FLOWING 

WATER CAN CAUSE A DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF A VEHICLE. 



STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR 

MORE INFORMATION.



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