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RWUS32 KGJT 102058

FFSGJT

COC067-102300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

252 PM MDT TUE SEP 10 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LA PLATA COUNTY UNTIL 815

   PM MDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST COLORADO UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...



AS OF 245 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED AROUND ONE

HALF INCH OF RAIN AT VALLECITO RESERVOIR. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF NEARLY

THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH HAVE FALLEN TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF

THE RESERVOIR.



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE

NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO FOR THE REMAINDER OF

THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS

ARE LIKELY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND THE MISSIONARY RIDGE BURN AREA.



RESIDENTS AND RECREATIONISTS IN THIS AREA ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME

CAUTION AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. STAY

TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.



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