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WGUS55 KGJT 172031

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COC077-172330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

230 PM MDT TUE AUG 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY IN WESTERN COLORADO.



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT.



* AT 227 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTHWEST OF GATEWAY. THIS IS IN THE 

  VICINITY OF JOHN BROWN CANYON, A FLASH FLOOD PRONE REGION. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE   

  WARNED AREA...AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DO SO THIS AFTERNOON. 

  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND 

  ROCK AND MUD MOVEMENT TO OCCUR IN JOHN BROWN CANYON. SOME 

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GATEWAY. 

  HIGHWAY 141 SOUTH OF GATEWAY MAY BE COVERED WITH ROCK AND   

  MUD...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IN THIS AREA. 



LAT...LON 3852 10905 3884 10905 3891 10902 3891 10900

      3872 10875 3865 10881 3862 10881 3852 10886



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