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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

935 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN GRAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH...

  SOUTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...



* UNTIL 1230 AM MDT



* AT 923 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ESTIMATED UP TO 2.5 INCHES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT IN JOHN BROWN CANYON...LUMSDEN 

CANYON...AND COTTONWOOD CANYON. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU 

ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME 

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR 

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3895 10897 3878 10893 3868 10897 3851 10895

      3851 10927 3897 10936



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