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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
312 PM MDT FRI AUG 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 310 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ONE AND ONE HALF INCH TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF RIO BLANCO
AND ALONG COUNTY HIGHWAY 5.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING
STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3982 10789 3982 10793 3969 10794 3969 10800
3969 10830 4003 10830 4003 10788
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