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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

634 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2007



COC007-080200-

ARCHULETA CO-

634 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL ARCHULETA COUNTY...



AT 631 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG THE RIO BLANCO RIVER NEAR COUNTY ROAD 326. WATER WAS RUNNING 

OVER THE ROAD IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS...WITH MUD AND DEBRIS ALSO MOVING 

THROUGH THE AREA. 



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE SLOWLY EAST AT 10 MPH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 7 PM. THE STORMS 

WILL DISSIPATE BY 8 PM MDT.  



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.



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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