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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

500 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN NORTHEAST UTAH

     CENTRAL UINTAH



AT 500 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN AND 

SMALL HAIL FALLING JUST SOUTH OF THE OURAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 

THE THUNDERSTORM CELLS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH...AND 

APPROACHING THE BONANZA AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME SMALL 

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

AND ARROYOS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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