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WGUS55 KGJT 251911 CCA

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COC067-252200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

107 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL LA PLATA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO



* UNTIL 400 PM MDT



* AT 107 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 5 MILES NORTH OF VALLECITO...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF   

  DURANGO.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AT 5   

  MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER VALLECITO RESERVOIR BY 230 PM MDT



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...ESPECIALLY IN THE 

MISSIONARY RIDGE BURN AREA. 



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.



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