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COC029-070015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

440 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELTA COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL

6:15 PM...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN DELTA

COUNTY.  A WEATHER SPOTTER EAST OF WHITEWATER NEAR THE DELTA AND

MESA COUNTY LINE MEASURED AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN.  RADAR

ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN

THIS AREA.



PEOPLE TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 50 CAN ANTICIPATE WET ROADWAYS.

SMALL CREEKS...WASHES...AND CANYONS...SUCH AS ESCALANTE CANYON...ARE

PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING.  HEAD TOWARD HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING

WATER.



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