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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

730 PM MDT FRI JUL 19 2002



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GARFIELD

COUNTY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 845 PM MDT...



AT 730 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TO THE NORTH OF PARACHUTE AND

ALONG HIGHWAY 13 NORTH OF RIFLE.  ANOTHER AREA OF OF HEAVY RAINFALL

OCCURRED NORTH OF NEWCASTLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE SPRING CREEK

FIRE.  SOME LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL NORTH OF RIFLE...BUT THE

STORMS PRODUCING THIS LIGHT RAIN WERE MOVING NORTH OUT OF THE AREA.



ALTHOUGH THE RAINS HAVE COME TO AN END OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...HEAVY

RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RAPID RISES TO SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS

WHICH LEAD SOUTH TOWARD THE COLORADO RIVER.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING PONDING OF WATER ON

ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF RIFLE ALONG WITH MINOR FLOODING OF PARKS

AND OPEN FIELDS.



MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 13 NORTH OF

RIFLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEBRIS FALLING ONTO

THE ROADWAYS NEAR STEEP TERRAIN. 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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