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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1231 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR



  SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY



AT 1226 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF WESTON.



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 

1130 AM AND 1230 PM FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTON...TO 2 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF WESTON.  THE HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN MAINLY ALONG 

LORENCITO CANYON...ALAMOSA CANYON...AND PANCHO CANYON.  SOME RAPID 

RISES OF WATER ARE LIKELY IN THESE CANYONS.  THE WATER MAY COVER 

SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR POSSIBLY COVER LOWER PORTIONS OF DIRT 

ROADS.  THESE CANYONS DRAIN INTO THE PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR 

LORENCITO. 



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.





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