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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

911 PM MDT THU JUL 18 2002



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 1030 PM

MDT FOR CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...



AT 911 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL ALONG HIGHWAY 13 NORTH OF RIFLE.

WATER RUNNING OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME

FLOODING ALONG GOVERNMENT CREEK THROUGH 1030 PM THIS EVENING.



LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED THAT MANY SMALLER

CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE VICINITY OF NORTH RIFLE ARE ALSO RUNNING

NEAR BANKFULL AND MINOR FLOODING OF PARKS AND RURAL ROADS HAS ALSO

BEEN REPORTED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE

TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH 1030 PM. COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. RESIDENTS OF NORTH RIFLE SHOULD BE

PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS APPROACH.



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