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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

818 PM MDT THU JUL 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM MDT THURSDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     CENTRAL GARFIELD



AT 818 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN FALLING JUST NORTH OF RIFLE.  THE STORMS PRODUCING THIS HEAVY 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST AT 5 MPH THROUGH 830 PM MDT 

THIS EVENING.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FELL IN THE VICINITY OF NORTH RIFLE. 



MINOR FLOODING OF PALOMINO PARK WAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

OFFICIALS...ALONG WITH WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD NORTH OF THE 

HIGHWAY 13 BYPASS.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND HIGHWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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