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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

858 AM MDT FRI AUG 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS



* UNTIL NOON MDT



* AT 856 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER AND AROUND GLENWOOD SPRINGS. MOVEMENT OF THE

  STORMS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. MITCHELL CREEK WILL 

LIKELY GO OUT OF ITS BANKS.



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 3974 10716 3968 10765 3942 10783 3941 10715

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