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WGUS65 KGJT 291543
FFAGJT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
943 AM MDT THU MAY 29 2008
...THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
COLORADO...
 
  ELK RIVER NEAR MILNER AFFECTING ROUTT COUNTY
.A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ELK RIVER AT MILNER.
THEREFORE THE FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SAFETY MESSAGE...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE 
AT WEATHER.GOV/GJT.

COC107-291613-
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943 AM MDT THU MAY 29 2008
THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A FLOOD WARNING
  THE ELK RIVER NEAR MILNER
* AT  7:15 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET. 
* FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...REACH FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR 7.1 FEET 
  AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 
* IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...SOME HOMES NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ELK AND
  YAMPA RIVERS WILL BE THREATENED BY FLOODWATERS.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.2 FEET 
  ON JUN 3 1997.
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              FLD    OBSERVED         FORECAST 6 AM     
LOCATION      STG  STG  DAY TIME    FRI    SAT    SUN
ELK RIVER
  MILNER       7   6.5  THU 07 AM   6.7    6.7    7.1