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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

1038 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 1215 AM MDT FOR CENTRAL SAN JUAN

COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST UTAH...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12:15 AM

FOR CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST UTAH. SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE DARK CANYON

WILDERNESS AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER WILL

STILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN STEEP CANYONS...STREAMS AND CREEK BEDS

AS THE WATER CONTINUES DOWNSTREAM FROM THIS AREA. THE HEAVY RAINS

COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING OR

FLOOD PRONE AREA. PERSONS RECREATING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD

TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS FAST MOVING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

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