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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

221 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM MDT MONDAY AFTERNOON 

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO

     WEST CENTRAL SAN JUAN AND EASTERN DOLORES



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     SOUTHWESTERN MONTROSE AND CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL



AT 221 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN STRETCHING FROM 

URAVAN IN MONTROSE COUNTY...SOUTHEAST TO RICO IN DOLORES COUNTY AND 

THEN EAST INTO WESTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY.  THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL 

DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH AT 5 MPH PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE 

INCH AN HOUR.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARM AND RANCH LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



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