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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

249 PM MDT MON JUL 26 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY UTAH UNTIL 415 

PM MDT...



AT 245 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

SINCE 100 PM IN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR THE ABAJO MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY 

BETWEEN MONTICELLO AND THE SALT CREEK DRAINAGE SOUTH OF THE NEEDLES 

VISITORS CENTER.



ALTHOUGH THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN IN GENERALLY UNINHABITED 

AREAS...CAMPERS, BIKERS, AND RECREATIONISTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD USE 

EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3759 10991 3775 10942 3814 10939 3796 11007



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