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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

852 AM MDT FRI AUG 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MESA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 1145 AM MDT



* AT 850 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN NORTHEAST OF  COLLBRAN...OR ABOUT 34 MILES EAST OF GRAND 

JUNCTION. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THSE STORMS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 

COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. SOME OF THE 

CREEKS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED ARE PLATEAU, SALT, AND BRUSH. VEGA 

STATE PARK WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.



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 3922 10820 3905 10804 3935 10759 3935 10803

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