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WGUS55 KGJT 240054
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COC085-240400-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
654 PM MDT FRI AUG 23 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL MONTROSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT.
* AT 654 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.3 AND 0.6 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
URAVAN.
THIS INCLUDES COLORADO 141 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 90...AND
NEAR MILE MARKER 92.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
HIGHWAY 141 BETWEEN THE AREA NORTHEAST OF PARADOX AND THROUGH URAVAN
IS PRONE TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN HEAVY RAIN. STAY ALERT FOR
ROCKS AND DEBRIS ON ROADS, AND AVOID DRIVING ON FLOODED ROADS. FIND
AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3828 10878 3840 10891 3845 10891 3849 10882
3835 10864
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
MDA
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