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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

125 PM MDT THU SEP 29 2005



COC083-292030-

MONTEZUMA CO-

125 PM MDT THU SEP 29 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MONTEZUMA COUNTY UNTIL 

230 PM MDT...



AT 115 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...THE PUBLIC...AND 

TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF MONTEZUMA COUNTY. THE RAINFALL DECREASED 

SINCE NOON...BUT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING AND 

SWOLLEN RIVERS AND STREAMS UNTIL 230 PM MDT.  



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CORTEZ... 

DOLORES... MANCOS...ARRIOLA...LEBANON...LEWIS...MESA VERDE NATIONAL 

PARK...STONER...TOWAOC AND YELLOW JACKET.



LATE THIS MORNING...FLOODING CLOSED HIGHWAY 491 BETWEEN ARRIOLA AND 

LOUIS. A HOUSE WAS FLOODED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 491 AND 

184 AND RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED FROM THE MCELMO CANYON AREA AND 

NORTH TOWAOC SOUTH CORTEZ.



THOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS DECREASED...RUNOFF AND FLOODING WILL FOR AT 

UNTIL AT LEAST 230 PM MDT. 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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED 

ROAD OR STREAM. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

ENCOUNTERED.

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