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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

915 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST UTAH



* UNTIL 1215 AM MDT



* AT 910 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY IN THE DARK CANYON 

  WILDERNESS AREA...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF BLANDING. THE AREA OF  

  HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

RURAL CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY AT 940 PM MDT



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GRAND JUNCTION.



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