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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

257 PM 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 900 PM MDT



* AT 251 PM 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 RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FELL OVER THE 

  PAST 48 HOURS. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 211 NEAR THE NEEDLES OUTPOST 

  WAS INUNDATED BY MUD AND WATER AND THE HIGHWAY WAS IMPASSABLE. 



* 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 OVER AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GRAND

JUNCTION.



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

      3818 10980 3763 11039



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