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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

642 PM MDT TUE JUL 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS CONTINUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 745 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     CENTRAL GARFIELD



A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IN THE NEW 

CASTLE AREA HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT...THOUGH MODERATE RAIN AND BRIEF 

HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE ADVISED AREA UNTIL ABOUT 745 PM 

MDT.



AT 645 PM MDT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE NEW CASTLE 

AREA CAUSED EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND MUDSLIDES IN THE NEW CASTLE 

VICINITY...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN NEW CASTLE AND RIFLE. 

MINOR FLOODING...MUD SLIDES...AND PONDING OF WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED 

IN THE PEACH VALLEY AREA NEAR SILT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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