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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

219 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2005



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SAN JUAN UT-

219 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY UNTIL 4:45 PM 

MDT...



AT 217 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN STEEP CANYONS AND RAVINES. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN SO FAR HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF 

CANYONLANDS...NEAR THE COLORADO RIVER.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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