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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

614 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 900 PM MDT



* AT 605 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND

  SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED A LARGE COMPLEX OF INTENSE SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS POISED TO MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE WARNED AREA WITHIN

  THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER IN THE 

  MOAB AND ARCHES NATIONAL PARK AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...

  WITH RESIDUAL FLOOD WATERS REMAINING IN SOME AREAS.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL MOVE OVER THE MOAB AREAS 

  AND ARCHES NATIONAL PARK...AS WELL AS OTHER RURAL AREAS IN GRAND

  COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SLOT 

CANYONS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ROADS ESPECIALLY OVER LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS.



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.



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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