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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

345 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MESA COUNTY IN WEST

CENTRAL COLORADO CONTINUES UNTIL 4:30 PM...



MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA IN THE

VICINITY OF GATEWAY.  SCATTERED SHOWERS ALSO PERSIST OVER THE HIGH

COUNTRY BETWEEN GLADE PARK AND GATEWAY.  RADAR ESTIMATES ONE HALF TO

ONE INCH OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED ALONG THE UTAH AND COLORADO BORDER

THIS AFTERNOON.



SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED THAT SHEEP CREEK FLOODED ITS BANKS...AND

SIX FEET OF WATER FLOODED A ROAD BETWEEN SHEEP CREEK AND GATEWAY.



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