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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

628 PM MDT TUE AUG 17 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONTROSE COUNTY

UNTIL 745 PM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS

FROM 1.25 TO 1.75 INCHES OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING ABOUT 8 MILES

NORTHWEST OF MONTROSE...AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLATHE IN NORTH

CENTRAL MONTROSE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DECREASED IN THE

WARNED AREA...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS

AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO RUN FAST AND EXCEED THEIR BANKS.



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.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GRAND JUNCTION.



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