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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

800 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY

UTAH UNTIL 1230 AM MDT ON WEDNESDAY...



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CONTINUED IN AREAS OF SAN JUAN COUNTY...AND HAS

RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING.  LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A

CAR WASHED AWAY IN A FLASH FLOOD SOUTHEAST OF BLUFF AROUND 730 PM

MDT. FLASH FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE WHITE MESA INDIAN

RESERVATION.  SOME ROADS IN SOUTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY HAVE BEEN

CLOSED OR RESTRICTED.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GRAND

JUNCTION.





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