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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

715 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005



COC077-030315-

MESA CO-

715 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005



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

915 PM MDT...



AT 710 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED  

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 

INCHES TO 2.5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS SINBAD VALLEY...OR ABOUT 7 

MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GATEWAY.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SINBAD 

VALLEY...SALT CREEK...AND COTTONWOOD CANYON.



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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