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RWUS32 KGJT 252101

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COC067-252200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

300 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LA PLATA COUNTY CONTINUES

UNTIL 4:00 PM...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LA PLATA

COUNTY...INCLUDING THE MISSIONARY RIDGE BURN AREA...UNTIL 4:00 PM

THIS AFTERNOON.



AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES IN THE MISSIONARY RIDGE BURN AREA HAVE INDICATED

BETWEEN 0.25 INCH AND 0.40 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SOME AREAS BY

2:30 PM. WATER AND DEBRIS WERE REPORTED OVER SOME ROADS IN THE LAKE

SHORE AREA NEAR VALLECITO RESERVOIR.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...SLOWLY

MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST.  HEAVY RAINFALL AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL

CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT...CAUSING RAPID RISES OF WATER IN STREAMS AND

CULVERTS...AND POSSIBLY MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. BE ALERT FOR

DEBRIS ACROSS ROADWAYS...AND DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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