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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

712 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001



A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT 

THIS SATURDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN 

WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO.



AT 705 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE POCKETS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN WELD 

COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST 

WELD COUNTY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 14 NEAR THE LOGAN COUNTY LINE...OR 

APPROXIMATELY 26 MILE WEST OF STERLING.  THE STORM PRODUCING THE 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH. 



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

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



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THE STORM OVER HIGHWAY 14 IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM AND RAINFALL FROM EARLIER 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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