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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

532 PM MDT MON JUL 10 2006



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532 PM MDT MON JUL 10 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY...



AT 522 PM MDT...THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REPORTED THAT THE RUNOFF 

FROM HEAVY RAIN WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER WAS CONTINUING TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF ARCHES NATIONAL PARK. 

ROCK AND MUD SLIDES HAVE PROMPTED THE CLOSURE OF ROADS LEADING INTO 

THE PARK FROM HIGHWAY 191. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED. 

ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF...RUNOFF IN STEEP AND COMPLEX 

TERRAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING THAT ALREADY EXISTS..



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SLOT 

CANYONS...WASHES AND ARROYOS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW FLOODING 

WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW 

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3852 10977 3851 10953 3871 10939 3872 10973



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