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WGUS55 KGJT 060226

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COC103-060530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

824 PM MDT THU OCT 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST COLORADO



* UNTIL 1130 PM MDT



* AT 822 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AT 15 

  MPH ACROSS CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

  STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL OCCUR WITH MUD SLIDES POSSIBLE ALONG 

  HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN RANGELY AND MEEKER. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3992 10854 3991 10793 4020 10790 4020 10863



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