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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

503 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR

PEOPLE IN



  EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIMON



AT 503 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN OVER A LARGE AREA FROM NEAR AGATE THROUGH LIMON AND

HUGO.  ADDITIONAL STORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN LINCOLN 

COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 15 MPH.



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

ARRIBA...BOYERO...FORDER...GENOA...HUGO...KARVAL...KUTCH...LIMON...

MATHESON...PUNKIN CENTER AND WILD HORSE POINT.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

DURING THE LAST 2 HOURS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN ELBERT AND PORTIONS OF 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.  AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON.  AS THE STORMS MOVE 

SLOWLY NORTH...SIMILAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM 

INTERSTATE 70 NORTHWARD.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...CITY STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.



BARJENBRUCH

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