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RWUS32 KGJT 100258

FFSGJT

COC067-100430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

857 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST LA PLATA COUNTY

INCLUDING THE MISSIONARY RIDGE BURN AREA UNTIL 1030 PM MDT...



RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS

NORTHEASTERN LA PLATA COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING. SPOTTER REPORTS AND

AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES HAVE INDICATED THAT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN

HAS FALLEN AROUND VALLECITO RESERVOIR. GREATEST RAINFALL WAS

GENERALLY CONCENTRATED NEAR THE NORTH END OF VALLECITO RESERVOIR...

WHERE ROCK AND DEBRIS WERE WASHED ACROSS THE ROADWAY NEAR THE

INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 500 AND 501.



THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS AS SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE

ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN AND NORTH OF THE MISSIONARY RIDGE BURN

AREA.



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

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



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