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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

1025 AM MDT TUE SEP 9 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12:00 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN MONTEZUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO...



AT 10:20 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS

INDICATED WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MOVING

NORTHEAST ACROSS MONTEZUMA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED

INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...AFFECTING AREAS FROM YELLOW

JACKET...TO DOLORES...STONER AND MANCOS. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE

ACROSS MONTEZUMA COUNTY THROUGH THE MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS

UP TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH THROUGH 12:00 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

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

MAY ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GRAND JUNCTION.



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