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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

838 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



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MESA CO-

838 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR

CENTRAL MESA COUNTY...



AT 824 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER IN 

BUSINESS ALONG MAIN STREET AND MANHOLE COVERS CAME OFF ON PATTERSON 

ROAD IN GRAND JUNCTION AND  FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAND 

JUNCTION...FRUITVALE...CLIFTON AND AREAS ALONG LITTLE PARK ROAD. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3910 10862 3910 10837 3880 10849 3889 10876



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