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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

351 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO.

  WESTERN RIO BLANCO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST COLORADO.



* UNTIL 645 PM MDT.



* AT 346 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR

  ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

  FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL

  EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 139 FROM DOUGLAS 

  PASS NORTHWARD TO RANGELY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4020 10858 3957 10857 3957 10904 4020 10905



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