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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

420 PM MDT TUE SEP 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO...

     SOUTHWESTERN MONTROSE

     SAN MIGUEL

     DOLORES

     MONTEZUMA





A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM THE VICINITY OF NUCLA TO THE

VICINITY OF CORTEZ.  A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 3 INCHES OF WATER

OVER STATE HIGHWAY 141 SOUTH OF NATURITA.  RADAR DATA SHOWS HEAVY

SHOWERS IN THIS AREA WITH RAINFALL ESTIMATES EXCEEDING AN INCH OF

RAIN.  RADAR ALSO SHOWS HEAVY RAINFALL EAST OF YELLOW JACKET...OR

NEAR THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 145 AND 184...OR NEAR MCPHEE

RESERVOIR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

NEVER DRIVE THROUGH RUNNING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING FOR

SOUTHWEST COLORADO AND MONTROSE COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL COLORADO.



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