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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

949 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR



  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY

  SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY



AT 945 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN EXTREME SOUTHWEST OTERO COUNTY...AND EXTREME NORTH 

CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.



A COUPLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY OVER 

EXTREME SOUTHWEST OTERO COUNTY...AND NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY 

SINCE 830 PM.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN 845 PM AND 945 PM ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF 

HIGHWAY 350...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIMPAS.  ANOTHER AREA OF 

HEAVY RAIN IS OVER OPEN COUNTRY OF NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS 

COUNTY...ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF TIMPAS.  RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO TWO 

AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 845 PM AND 945 PM IN THIS AREA.  

THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME RISES IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS.



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. FLOODING WILL OCCUR

ALONG SMALLER CREEKS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.





LAT...LON 3777 10379 3754 10378 3758 10406 3778 10405

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