

000 

WGUS75 KGJT 300321

FFSGJT

UTC037-300400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

920 PM MDT TUE JUN 29 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY

CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM MDT...



THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED EARLIER...JUST SOUTH OF THE

NEEDLES VISITOR CENTER IN CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK AND THE SQUAW

FLAT CAMPGROUND...HAS TAPERED OFF TO SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDER.



RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR SUGGEST THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN

FELL IN THE VICINITY OF SALT CREEK SOUTH OF THE VISITOR CENTER.

THIS CREEK MAY STILL EXPERIENCE RAPID WATER RISES THIS EVENING

UNTIL 10 PM.  SALT CREEK TRAVELS JUST EAST OF THE NEEDLES VISITOR

CENTER.



SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING WITH PARTIAL

CLEARING EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT.



$$

