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RWUS32 KGJT 060056

FFSGJT

COC067-060130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

656 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MISSIONARY RIDGE BURN AREA

OF NORTH CENTRAL LA PLATA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO UNTIL 730 PM

MDT...



SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST

ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LA PLATA COUNTY AT 15 TO 20 MPH...AFFECTING THE

MISSIONARY RIDGE BURN AREA. AT 645 PM...AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT RED

CREEK...AS WELL AS RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES...INDICATED UP TO 0.20

INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN THUS FAR IN THE BURN AREA BETWEEN LEMON

RESERVOIR AND HIGHWAY 550. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY AS

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS LA PLATA COUNTY THIS

EVENING.



BE ALERT FOR MUD AND DEBRIS SLIDES TRIGGERED BY THE RAINFALL...AS

WELL AS RAPID RISES OF WATER IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT ATTEMPT

TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.



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