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WGUS75 KGJT 100041

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

641 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008



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OURAY CO-

641 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR

EASTERN OURAY COUNTY...



AT 636 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MODERATE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIDGWAY    

AND OURAY INCLUDING COUNTY ROAD 17 AND ALSO ALONG DALLAS CREEK.



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.



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 3826 10785 3826 10761 3808 10756 3798 10761

      3795 10768 3800 10781



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