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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

953 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2007



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UINTAH UT-

953 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN UINTAH COUNTY...



AT 944 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

NEAR WHITEROCKS IN NORTHEAST UTAH. THE NEOLA WILDFIRE THIS SUMMER 

REMOVED MUCH OF THE VEGETATION FROM THIS AREA...LEAVING IT VERY

PRONE TO FLASH FLOOD...AND MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS. 



AT PARTICULAR RISK OF FLASH FLOODING ARE WHITE ROCK CANYON...UINTA 

CANYON AND FARM CREEK...ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF VERNAL...UTAH.



FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE WARNED 

AREA TONIGHT...MAKING FLASH FLOODING PROBABLE. 



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



LAT...LON 4069 10996 4069 10971 4040 10971 4040 10996

TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 180DEG 0KT 4050 10987



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