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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF COLORADO AND UTAH...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN COLORADO...ANIMAS RIVER BASIN...CENTRAL GUNNISON
AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN...FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES
RIVER...GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...
GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS...NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...
PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER...SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN...
SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS
DIVIDE...UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY AND WEST ELK AND SAWATCH
MOUNTAINS. IN UTAH...ARCHES/GRAND FLAT...CANYONLANDS/NATURAL
BRIDGES...LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST UTAH.
* UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* LOCAL AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING FOR AREAS OF SOUTHEAST UTAH. MOIST AND UNSETTLED AIR
MASS WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS TO THE REGION WITH SOME AREAS
EXCEEDING ONE INCH OF RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED
HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY GENERATE TWO INCHES OF RAIN
WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS A DEFINITE
POSSIBILITY FOR SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.
* EXPECT SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING. MUD DEBRIS FLOWS AND ROCK SLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE IN AREAS PRONE TO THIS ACTIVITY...THIS INCLUDES
MOUNTAIN AND BACK COUNTRY ROADS...INCLUDING JEEP TRAILS.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTHWEST COLORADO...SOUTH
CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTHWEST COLORADO AND WEST CENTRAL
COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL
COLORADO...CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN AND FLATTOPS. IN
NORTHWEST COLORADO...ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS. IN SOUTH
CENTRAL COLORADO...SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN. IN SOUTHWEST
COLORADO...ANIMAS RIVER BASIN...FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES
RIVER...NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER
DOLORES RIVER...SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND UNCOMPAHGRE
PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE. IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...CENTRAL
GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN...DEBEQUE TO SILT
CORRIDOR...GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...
GRAND VALLEY...GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS...UPPER GUNNISON
RIVER VALLEY AND WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* A CLOSED LOW MOVING OVER WESTERN CENTRAL COLORADO CONTINUES TO
FEED WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO WITH VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR. SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY.
* THE COMBINATION OF STEADY RAINFALL AND HEAVY RAIN FROM
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AND MUD
DEBRIS FLOWS. SLOT CANYONS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS
WILL BE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS INCLUDING
HIKERS AND INDIVIDUALS USING ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES SHOULD HAVE
A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF AWARENESS AND BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL.