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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

753 PM MDT SAT SEP 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SATURDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

     CENTRAL GARFIELD



AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT 

CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY THROUGH 1000 PM MDT. THESE SHOWERS HAVE A 

HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME AREAS IN EASTERN UTAH AND 

WESTERN COLORADO HAVE RECEIVED UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN FROM THESE 

STORMS. 



THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DROP RAIN OVER THE AREA 

THROUGH 900 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. GOVERNMENT CREEK NORTH OF 

RIFLE IS ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE AND TRAVELERS ALONG HIGHWAY 13 

BETWEEN RIFLE AND RIO BLANCO SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF 

FLOODING. 



ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.

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