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UTC037-080115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

625 PM MDT SAT SEP 7 2002



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN

COUNTY UTAH AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO CONTINUES THROUGH

715 PM...



STORMS WHICH BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN TO MUCH OF SOUTHEAST UTAH AND

SOUTHWEST COLORADO WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE UP INTO WEST-CENTRAL

COLORADO AT 620 PM MDT. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONINTUED TO FALL

OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...HOWEVER. REPORTS FROM SOUTHEAST UTAH

INDICATED UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR OVER

BLANDING. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MANY AREA STREAMS RUNNING AT OR NEAR

BANKFUL. SOME CULVERTS HAVE FILLED AND FLOWED OVER ROADWAYS WITH

SOME ROCKS FALLING ONTO ROADWAYS IN AREA CANYONS.



THOUGH RAIN HAS DECREASED...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD

ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE TO 715 PM TO ALLOW TIME FOR MINOR FLOODING TO

DIMINISH.



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