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WGUS55 KGJT 120031

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COC085-120230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

628 PM MDT THU AUG 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN MONTROSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...URAVAN...PARADOX...BEDROCK



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT.



* AT 628 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TO THE 

  WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF PARADOX. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

  OCCUR. ROCK AND MUDSLIDES HAVE ALSO OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 90 

  BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 2. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3847 10875 3818 10868 3817 10904 3847 10904



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