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WGUS55 KGJT 111951

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COC113-112245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

149 PM MDT THU AUG 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN WESTERN COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF...PLACERVILLE...OPHIR...SAWPIT



* UNTIL 445 PM MDT.



* AT 147 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING WAS ALONG HIGHWAY 145 BETWEEN NORWOOD

  AND SAWPIT.  



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

  THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. MUD AND DEBRIS SLIDES ON HIGHWAY 145 ARE

  POSSIBLE AND MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION IN THIS AREA.



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 3814 10797 3798 10789 3792 10774 3780 10781

      3791 10811 3793 10856 3814 10820



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