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WGUS75 KGJT 112335

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

535 PM MDT THU AUG 11 2005



COC085-120030-

MONTROSE CO-

535 PM MDT THU AUG 11 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN MONTROSE COUNTY UNTIL

630 PM MDT...



AT 530 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM CARPENTER RIDGE TO SLICK ROCK 

CANYON...INCLUDING PARADOX. ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE. 



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

TO OCCUR. 



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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