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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

650 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2001



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730

PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR



  EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.



AT 645 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD...

ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY...GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160.  THIS CLUSTER 

OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY...OR SLOWLY DRIFTING 

SOUTHWESTWARD.  THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN IN THE PURGATOIRE RIVER 

BASIN.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE 500 PM.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL 730 PM.  THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT HOUR.    



BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF

NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP

CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...

WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR 

ALONG CREEKS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW 

LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.



LAT...LON 3755 10338 3711 10353 3707 10407 3760 10418

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