Weather Svc issues FLASH FLOOD Watch for #LaPlataCo and much of wstrn CO for Wednesday

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
246 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014

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LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...CRAIG...HAYDEN...
MEEKER...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...
PALISADE...RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...
EAGLE...CARBONDALE...SKYWAY...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...
CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS...MONTROSE...CRESTED BUTTE...
TAYLOR PARK...MARBLE...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...GUNNISON...
CIMARRON...RIDGWAY...GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...
SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...
PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY...MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...VERNAL...
JENSEN...BALLARD...FORT DUCHESNE...RANDLETT...MOAB...
CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS
246 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014

..FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WESTERN COLORADO...EAST-CENTRAL UTAH...AND
NORTHEAST UTAH.

* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* MONSOON MOISTURE WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA WEDNESDAY. THIS DEEP
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH DISTURBANCES ALOFT WILL
TRIGGER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WITH RAINFALL
OF AN INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE.

* THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ALONG WITH ROCK
SLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW LYING AREAS NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN AND WILDFIRE BURN SCARS. SLOT CANYONS AND SLICK
ROCK AREAS...NORMALLY DRY CREEKS...STREAMS AND ARROYOS WILL BE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO SUDDEN INCREASES IN WATER FLOWING THROUGH THEM
DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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