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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

350 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR



  NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY



AT 345 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN IN OPEN COUNTRY IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN EAST OF FARISTA 

AND WEST OF I-25.



AN AREA OF PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS BROUGHT RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR OF 1 TO 2 INCHES SINCE 230 PM.  

THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE QUICK RISES IN DRAINAGE BASINS NORTH OF THE 

HUERFANO RIVER WHICH COULD WASH OUT GRAVEL AND DIRT ROADS IN THAT 

AREA.



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.



WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING...

SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY.





LAT...LON 3771 10507 3758 10491 3771 10476 3782 10480

          3787 10492

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