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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

115 PM MDT MON JUL 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST UTAH.



* UNTIL 415 PM MDT.



* AT 112 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE NEEDLES PORTION OF 

  CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE 

  AND TWO INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE 

  IN THE SALT CREEK BASIN SOUTH OF THE NEEDLES VISITOR CENTER. 



* SLOW MOVING TO NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING 

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

  RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE 

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME 

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR 

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3786 10984 3793 10963 3812 10972 3804 10998



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