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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

755 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL DELTA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 915 PM MDT



* AT 745 PM MDT...AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN IN CEDAREDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.  THE AREA OF

  HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER THE

  CEDAREDGE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 900 PM MDT



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS...STREAMS...AND GULLIES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 

...AND PERSONS NEED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW 

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GRAND JUNCTION.



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