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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

854 AM MDT FRI OCT 6 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST UTAH

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MONTEZUMA CREEK...

  MEXICAN HAT...BLANDING



* UNTIL 300 PM MDT FRIDAY



* AT 850 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED 

  AREA. PRECIPITATION REPORTS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE COUNTY INDICATE 

  THAT AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 48 

  HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

  BLANDING...MONTICELLO...NATURAL BRIDGES...CANYONLANDS...VALLEY OF 

  THE GODS...LA SAL...AND THE MANTI LA SAL NATIONAL FOREST.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS.



LAT...LON 3704 11078 3702 10908 3846 10913 3845 10995

      3818 10980 3763 11039



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