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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

149 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL OURAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO



* UNTIL 445 PM MDT



* AT 147 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIDGWAY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF  

  MONTROSE...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.



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

  4 MILES WEST OF RIDGWAY AT 200 PM MDT



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY DALLAS CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 

THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP 

TERRAIN.



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 WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3807 10787 3805 10778 3817 10774 3817 10787

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