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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

1145 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2002



CORRECTION TO HEADLINE



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE MISSIONARY

RIDGE BURN AREA OF NORTHERN CENTRAL LA PLATA COUNTY...



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING

THROUGH THE AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 11:15 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED

THUNDERSTORMS OVER ARCHULETA COUNTY MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15

MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA NEAR THE

MISSIONARY RIDGE BURNED AREA BETWEEN 11:30 PM AND MIDNIGHT.



THUS FAR TONIGHT ONLY ONE RAIN GAUGE REPORTED ANY SIGNIFICANT RAIN...

AS THE RED CREEK GAUGE RECORDED 0.7 INCHES OF RAIN.



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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