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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

645 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005



COC077-030300-

MESA CO-

645 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY UNTIL

900 PM MDT...



AT 640 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 1.5 INCHES TO 2.75 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS LOCATIONS FROM 14 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 

OF MACK TO 8 MILES NORTH OF MACK.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.  

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE RURAL AREAS 

AROUND MACK AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 139...INCLUDING THE EAST SALT CREEK 

DRAINAGE.



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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