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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

433 PM MDT MON AUG 1 2005



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433 PM MDT MON AUG 1 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN GRAND COUNTY UTAH UNTIL 

700 PM MDT...



AT 433 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE GRADUALLY MOVING OUT OF THE 

WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF OVER THE NON-VEGETATIVE 

TERRAIN AND WITHIN SLOT CANYONS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT OF 

FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...CASTLE VALLEY...ARCHES NATIONAL PARK...AND VARIOUS 

RAVINES AND CANYONS EAST OF HIGHWAY 128.



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. 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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