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WGUS75 KGJT 172215

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COC077-172330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

415 PM MDT TUE AUG 17 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY

UNTIL 530 PM MDT...



AT 415 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM

THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF

FLASH FLOODING...AND MOVEMENT OF ROCK AND MUD IN THE JOHN BROWN

CANYON AND GATEWAY AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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