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COC077-130345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

845 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST MESA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL

COLORADO CONTINUES UNTIL 9:45 PM MDT...



HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS IN THE GATEWAY VICINITY HAS LEAD TO FLASH

FLOODING IN JOHN BROWN CANYON.  AT 8:30 PM...A WEATHER SPOTTER

REPORTED THAT THE ROAD THROUGH JOHN BROWN CANYON WAS UNDER A FOOT

OF WATER WITH A SWIFT CURRENT AND LOTS OF DEBRIS.  THE ROAD HAS

BEEN DESCRIBED AS IMPASSABLE.



MORE SHOWERS WILL BE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHWEST MESA

COUNTY...BUT HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED.  BUT WATER THROUGH JOHN BROWN

CANYON MAY CONTINUE TO RISE THIS EVENING BEFORE FALLING OVERNIGHT.

THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST MESA COUNTY WILL

CONTINUE UNTIL 9:45 PM MDT.



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