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WGUS75 KGJT 252218

FFSGJT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

418 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2009



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MONTROSE CO-

418 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONTROSE

COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT...



AT 413 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN THIS AREA.



SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BURSTS OF MODERATE 

TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT HOUR. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO 

OCCUR MAINLY OVER RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MONTROSE 

COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF PARADOX AND BEDROCK.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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LAT...LON 3850 10869 3816 10882 3816 10901 3849 10902



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