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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

612 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN



  NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 612 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES WEST OF GROVER...OR ABOUT 31 MILES SOUTHEAST 

OF CHEYENNE.  THE STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN WELD 

COUNTY WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

GROVER...HEREFORD...KEOTA...NEW RAYMER...PAWNEE BUTTES AND STONEHAM.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THE STORM NEAR GROVER IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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