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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

955 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY MORNING 

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHEAST UTAH

     NORTHEASTERN SAN JUAN



AT 950 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN AROUND 5 MILES WEST OF LA SAL JUNCTION.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING 

VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

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

ALONG FLAT IRON MESA AND IN HATCH WASH.



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.

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