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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

650 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN



  CLEAR CREEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO

  GILPIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO



AT 650 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT TO MODERATE INTENSITY RAIN FALLING OVER MUSH OF GILPIN AND 

CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES.  THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY 

NORTHEASTWARD AT 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...ASPEN

SPRINGS...BLACK HAWK...BLUE VALLEY...BROOKDALE...CENTRAL CITY...

DUMONT...EAST PORTAL...ECHO LAKE...EMPIRE...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO

SPRINGS...PINECLIFFE...ROLLINSVILLE...SILVER PLUME...ST MARYS GLACIER

AND TOLLAND.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 0.75 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN OVER THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  NUMEROUS 

MUD AND ROCK SLIDES WERE REPORTED ACROSS I-70.  THE AREA HAS RECEIVED

REGULAR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS SO THE 

EARTH IS SATURATED IN MOST AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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