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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

904 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR EASTERN SAN 

MIGUEL AND SOUTHERN OURAY COUNTIES...



THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF OURAY...RIDGWAY...TELLURIDE...

FALL CREEK...AND PLACERVILLE.



AT 900 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN RIDGWAY AND OURAY... 

20 MILES SOUTH OF MONTROSE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE WEST AT 

10 MPH.



THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL 

AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM OR CREEK...SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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