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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

301 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LA PLATA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DURANGO



* UNTIL 545 PM MDT



* AT 301 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY   

  RAIN OVER DURANGO...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.



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

  RURAL SOUTHERN LA PLATA COUNTY AT 330 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. FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 250.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA THROUGH 900 PM 

THIS EVENING.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GRAND JUNCTION.



LAT...LON 3733 10813 3751 10802 3754 10788 3752 10776

          3719 10773 3717 10826

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