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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

504 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL ARCHULETA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...



* UNTIL 800 PM MDT



* AT 502 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR COUNTY ROAD 326 AND THE RIO BLANCO RIVER. 

  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE SLOWLY 

  EAST AT 10 MPH. 



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE RIO BLANCO RIVER AND MANY OF ITS 

SMALLER TRIBUTARIES WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES. 



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.



LAT...LON 3709 10683 3713 10664 3720 10665 3722 10668

      3726 10669 3726 10690 3716 10688



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