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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

236 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008



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GRAND UT-

236 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR

CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY...



AT 229 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF CASTLE VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CASTLE VALLEY...A SPOTTER REPORT 

MEASURED 0.44 OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE 

HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 128.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3906 10976 3906 10933 3851 10920 3850 10981



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