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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

1213 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST UTAH

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MONTEZUMA CREEK...

  AND BLANDING



* UNTIL 315 PM MDT



* AT 1213 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER FRY CANYON...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF MEXICAN HAT... 

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME

  AREAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER MONTICELLO BY 130 PM MDT



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

STATE HIGHWAYS 276...261 AND 95...NEAR FRY CANYON...WILL BE 

ESPECIALLY FLASH FLOOD PRONE. 



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 3761 11042 3718 11061 3718 10924 3804 10928

          3804 11002



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