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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

305 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST COLORADO.



* UNTIL 600 PM MDT.



* AT 303 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  ACROSS THE NORTHERN TAVAPUTS PLATEAU. MUCH OF THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  OVER SMALL STREAMS THAT DRAIN INTO PICEANCE CREEK.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE....



SOME FLOODING ALONG PICEANCE CREEK HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG COUNTY 

ROAD 5...OR PICEANCE CREEK ROAD...IN RIO BLANCO COUNTY THIS 

AFTERNOON. ADDITONAL FLOODING AND DEBRIS SLIDES IS LIKELY ALONG THIS 

ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 13 AND HIGHWAY 64.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3997 10804 3973 10805 3971 10842 4008 10841



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