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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

640 AM MDT TUE AUG 16 2005



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GRAND UT-

640 AM MDT TUE AUG 16 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAND COUNTY UNTIL

830 AM MDT...



AT 630 AM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATED THAT 

FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING IN MOAB. FLOODING OF STREETS AND YARDS 

WAS OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF MOAB. MUD AND 

ROCK SLIDES WERE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 128 BETWEEN MOAB 

AND CISCO. 



ADDITIONALLY...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING IN THE CASTLE VALLEY AREA...AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 

70 CORRIDOR FROM CISCO TO THE COLORADO STATE LINE. 



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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