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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

657 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2005



COC091-110230-

OURAY CO-

657 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OURAY COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT...



AT 643 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN LESS THAN 4 

MILES EAST OF RIDGWAY. NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER DALLAS 

DIVIDE WILL MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF OURAY COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...RIDGWAY...COLONA AND AREAS NORTH OF 

OURAY. COUNTY ROADS 8...10 AND 12 ON THE EAST SIDE OF RIDGWAY WILL 

ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTERS ALSO REPORT SIGNIFICANT RISES 

ALONG THE UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER JUST NORTH RIDGWAY...WHICH WILL 

EVENTUALLY FLOW INTO RIDGWAY STATE PARK.  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



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