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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

450 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM MDT TUESDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     SOUTHWESTERN MESA



AT 450 AM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN 

IN THE GATEWAY AREA WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN 

APPROACHING GATEWAY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BEGIN IN 

AND NEAR GATEWAY BY 5:00 AM MDT. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL EARLIER 

TONIGHT IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTHEAST OF GATEWAY...AND UP TO AN 

INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS 

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAINS 

COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



AVOID LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS STREAM AND CREEK BEDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD IN YOUR CAR OR ON FOOT.



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