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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

815 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTEZUMA COUNTY

UNTIL 1215 AM MDT ON WEDNESDAY...



DOPPLER RADAR HAS CONTINUED TO INDICATE AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN

MONTEZUMA COUNTY. SHORTLY AFTER 800 PM MDT...THE MCELMO CANYON

ROAD...WEST OF CORTEZ...WAS REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT IN SEVERAL

PLACES. ADDITIONALLY...STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN CORTEZ.



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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