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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

458 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR



  EL PASO COUNTY



AT 444 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN CENTERED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOUNTAIN.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED OVER OPEN 

COUNTRY OF SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY BEGINNING AROUND 400 PM...AND 

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS CONTINUING TO FALL.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES BETWEEN 400 PM AND 445 PM IN AN 

AREA CENTERED ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOUNTAIN.



FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY 

THROUGH 700 PM...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF FOUNTAIN.  WILLIAMS 

CREEK AND CHICO CREEK  ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE CREEKS THAT ARE 

LIKELY RUNNING AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL.



OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE IN 

EL PASO COUNTY THIS EVENING.  SOME STORMS COULD HAVE RAINFALL RATES 

OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN AN 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. 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 3884 10407 3853 10409 3853 10475 3878 10480

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