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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

812 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005



COC085-113-030400-

MONTROSE CO-SAN MIGUEL CO-

812 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL AND

SOUTHWESTERN MONTROSE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...



AT 800 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH OF THE WARNED 

AREA. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL IN THE BULL CANYON...SPRING CANYON...ANDERSON 

MESA...AND LITTLE GYPSUM CREEK AREAS.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY 

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL 

ALSO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND 

JUNCTION.



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