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RWUS32 KGJT 151612

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COC077-151800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

1007 AM MDT FRI AUG 15 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN

MESA COUNTY...



AT 1004 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LOCATED FROM 8 MILES 

SOUTH OF DE BEQUE TO NEAR COLLBRAN.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...COLLBRAN...PLATEAU CITY...MOLINA...AND MESA.



ROCK AND MUDSLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 

65...ADDITIONAL SLIDES ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS TRAVELING 

THIS HIGHWAY SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION TODAY.



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