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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

531 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE 

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

     EASTERN LAS ANIMAS.  



AT 526 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN ACROSS EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...GENERALLY ACROSS OPEN 

COUNTRY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160...AND JUST SOUTH OF PINON CANYON.  

THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF 

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR HAS ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES 

ACROSS NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.   THIS HAS MAINLY FALLEN IN 

THE PURGATOIRE RIVER BASIN...INCLUDING THE VAN BERMER...TAYLOR...AND 

LOCKWOOD ARROYOS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS 

EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM.  IF THE HEAVY RAIN DOES 

STOP AROUND 630 PM...THEN THERE COULD BE RESIDUAL MINOR FLOODING 

UNTIL 730 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS 

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY 

RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.

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