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COC067-240400-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

907 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM MDT TUESDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO

     CENTRAL LA PLATA



AT 852 PM MDT LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED SOME MUDSLIDES IN THE 

MISSIONARY RIDGE BURN AREA NORTH AND EAST OF DURANGO DUE TO MODERATE 

TO HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL 

MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...MOUNTAIN SUBDIVISIONS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

THE ROADWAY. THE WATER AND MUD DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 

CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER OR MUD SHOULD 

BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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