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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

248 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO



* UNTIL 545 PM MDT.



* AT 242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

  THE UPPER REACHES OF THE CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE...ABOUT 20 MILES 

  NORTH NORTHWEST OF DEBEQUE. 211 ROAD ALONG CLEAR CREEK MAY BE 

  AFFECTED.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



A FLASH FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

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

IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR 

WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3968 10830 3941 10818 3940 10841 3967 10853



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