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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

508 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN



  SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO



AT 500 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED MINOR FLOODING 7 MILES SOUTHEAST 

OF SIMLA...IN SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAIN HAVE BEEN MOVING OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.   RADAR HAS  

ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL.  THE GROUND IN THIS AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAIN THAT 

FELL YESTERDAY.



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

MATHESON AND PUNKIN CENTER.  MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAY 24 BETWEEN LIMON 

AND SIMLA MAY ALSO ENCOUNTER MINOR FLOODING. 



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.  



MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAY 24 BETWEEN LIMON AND SIMLA MAY ALSO ENCOUNTER 

WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.  



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