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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

1053 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



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MESA CO-GRAND UT-

1053 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN GRAND AND SOUTHWESTERN MESA COUNTIES...



AT 1048 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR 

CREEKS.



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

      3851 10927 3897 10936



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