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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

536 PM MDT MON OCT 9 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 930 PM MDT



* AT 524 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 

  MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK TO MEXICAN HAT...OR

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES SOUTH OF MOAB TO MEXICAN

  HAT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO 

  REDEVELOP OVER WESTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY WHICH HAS HEIGHTENED THE 

  THREAT OF FLOODING.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLUFF

  ...ANETH AND EASTLAND



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SLOT 

CANYONS...SMALL CREEKS...WASHES AND ARROYOS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

NOW FLOODING WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY.



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.



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 3847 11001 3704 11083 3703 10907 3848 10907



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