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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

539 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 6:30 PM MDT FOR NORTHEAST

MESA COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST GARFIELD COUNTY...



A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVING

SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH THE AREA...AFFECTING INTERSTATE 70 AND THE

CITIES OF DE BEQUE...PARACHUTE...RIFLE...NEW CASTLE AND GLENWOOD

SPRINGS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN

HOUR ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN SOUTH

OF RIFLE AND GLENWOOD SPRINGS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF

YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED

ROADS.



AS OF 530 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND

STREET FLOODING IN NEW CASTLE. ALSO...IN NORTHEAST MESA COUNTY AND

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED ONE FOOT OF WATER FLOWING

OVER HIGHWAY 65...JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND

JUNCTION.



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