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WGUS75 KGJT 090154

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

754 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2005



COC077-090245-

MESA CO-

754 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN MESA COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM

MDT...



AT 747 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING 6 TO 8 INCHES 

DEEP ON DS ROAD 8 MILES WEST OF GLADE PARK.  THE THUNDERSTORM HAS 

WEAKENED AND HEAVY RAINFALL WEST OF GLADE PARK IS NO LONGER 

OCCURRING.  HOWEVER...FLOODING MAY STILL BE OCCURRING AS SMALL 

STREAMS IN THIS AREA NEAR THE LITTLE DOLORES RIVER MAY BE OVER 

BANKFUL.



ALSO...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DEVELOPED OVER 

SOUTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY...ALONG HIGHWAY 141 NEAR GATEWAY.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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