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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

650 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2001



THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AND 

SOUTHWEST BACA COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



RAINFALL IN THIS AREA HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED...WITH ONLY LIGHT 

SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THE REST OF THIS EVENING.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED IN THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON 

CAUSED STREAMS TO RUN FAST AND FULL...AND THEY LIKELY ARE STILL  

RUNNING FULL.  ALSO THE DITCHES IN MANY AREAS ARE STILL FULL OF 

WATER AND SOME ROADWAYS MAY HAVE WATER OVER THEM.  HOWEVER...NOW 

THAT THE RAIN HAS DECREASED...THE WATER WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE.



USE CAUTION IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST LAS ANIMAS OR 

SOUTHWEST BACA COUNTIES...AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH.

   

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