THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
EAST CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN EAGLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT
* AT 239 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES AND DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED MINOR FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
PONDING OF WATER IS OCCURRING ALONG SWEETWATER CREEK NORTH OF
DOTSERO IN WESTERN EAGLE COUNTY. IN ADDITION...RADAR INDICATES
STEADY RAIN DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS HAS RESULTED IN RISES IN
SMALL CREEKS IN GARFIELD COUNTY...THIS INCLUDES DEEP CREEK...MAIN
ELK CREEK...EAST ELK CREEK AND CANYON CREEK.
* STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR ON THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST...OR
THE RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL GARFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN EAGLE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE SHOSHONE AND SWEETWATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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