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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

702 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO.

  SOUTHWESTERN MONTROSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO.



* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT.



* AT 650 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED UP TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN HAS   

  ALREADY OCCURRED.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF

  HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

  RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 

  WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...THE BULL CANYON AREA...AND

  LITTLE GYPSUM CREEK.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3833 10869 3812 10872 3812 10900 3835 10902



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