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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

523 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN GARFIELD AND WESTERN RIO

BLANCO COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT...



AT 445 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE 

STORMS.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR ALONG HIGHWAY 139 FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF DOUGLAS 

PASS NORTHWARD TO RANGELY.



CDOT ROAD CREWS REPORTED CULVERTS RUNNING FULL ALONG HIGHWAY 139 IN 

THE VICINITY OF MILE MARKERS 35 THROUGH 37 ON DOUGLAS PASS. 



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...DONT DROWN MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION.



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