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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

438 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN DOLORES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO.

  EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO.

  SOUTHERN OURAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO.



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT.



* AT 434 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH AN 

  HOUR WERE OCCCURRINGIN SOME LOCATIONS.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...RIDGWAY...TELLURIDE...RICO...SAWPIT...CAMP BIRD...

  DUNTON...FALL CREEK...OPHIR...PLACERVILLE AND TROUT LAKE.



ROCK AND DEBRIS SLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS 

TRAVELING HIGHWAY 145 SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION.



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. 



LAT...LON 3815 10762 3784 10780 3767 10799 3764 10880

      3814 10826



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