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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

800 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS EXTENDED THE  

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM MDT 

TUESDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     CENTRAL GARFIELD



AT 755 AM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAIN...WITH LOCAL HEAVY RAIN...AFFECTING THE 

AREAS OF, AND AROUND, NEW CASTLE...RIFLE...AND PARACHUTE.



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 AND OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO 

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



MOTORISTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD EXPECT WET, SLIPPERY ROAD 

SURFACES AND PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER 

DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES 

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR 

UPDATES ON THIS MORNINGS WEATHER SITUATION.



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