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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

315 PM MDT MON OCT 9 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY



* UNTIL 615 PM MDT



* AT 258 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TRACKING FROM THE SOUTH

  INTO GRAND COUNTY.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL IMPACT AREAS IN AND

  AROUND MOAB AND CASTLE VALLEY...AS WELL AS RURAL AREAS OF GRAND

  COUNTY.



MINOR RUNOFF FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT 

IN SOME RURAL AREAS OF GRAND COUNTY.  TRAINING OF ADDITIONAL STORMS 

OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.

OF SLOT CANYONS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ACROSS ROADS.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3851 10997 3852 10907 3944 10908 3942 10999



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