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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

908 PM MDT MON MAY 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR

PEOPLE IN



  CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF FORT MORGAN AND BRUSH



AT 908 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN OVER FORT MORGAN AND BRUSH. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY 

RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THERE MAY BE A BRIEF RESPITE 

FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AROUND 9:30 PM...BUT ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN 

WAS POISED JUST OUTSIDE THE AREA WHICH WILL BRING MORE RAIN TO 

ALREADY SATURATED AREAS.



LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...BRUSH...

FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...HILLROSE...JACKSON RESERVOIR...LOG LANE

VILLAGE...SNYDER...WELDONA AND WIGGINS.



THE PUBLIC ESTIMATES THAT RAIN FROM THE STORM IS FALLING AT THE RATE 

OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH LOCAL STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 

INCHES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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