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RWUS32 KGJT 200047

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COC045-200245-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

645 PM MDT FRI JUL 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FRIDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     CENTRAL GARFIELD



AT 645 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF HEAVY 

RAIN FALLING ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN PARACHUTE AND 

NEWCASTLE.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FELL OVER SOUTH RIFLE.  



RESIDENTS OF RIFLE AND MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 13 NORTH OF 

RIFLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RUNOFF AND DEBRIS FLOWING 

ONTO ROADWAYS.  RAIN IS ALSO FALLING OVER THE SPRING CREEK FIRE SITE 

NORTH OF NEWCASTLE.  THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THIS AREA WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE SOME MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE 

SITE. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 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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