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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

651 PM MDT THU OCT 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH



* UNTIL 945 PM MDT



* AT 648 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN MILL CREEK CANYON AND THE UPPER REACHES 

OF COURTHOUSE WASH...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF MOAB. THE FLOOD 

CREST WILL FLOW SOUTH ALONG COURTHOUSE WASH AND WILL REACH THE 

COLORADO RIVER BY 945 PM MDT. COURTHOUSE WASH FLOWS THROUGH ARCHES 

NATIONAL PARK AND CAMPERS IN THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO SEEK HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3853 10980 3862 10943 3887 10947 3880 10989



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