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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

604 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN



  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO



AT 600 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINSHOWERS OVER CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.  THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE 

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



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

ARRIBA...BOYERO...FORDER...GENOA...HUGO AND KARVAL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.

THE HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING IS FALLING OVER AREAS THAT EXPERIENCED 

HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY.  RAIN FALLING ON THE ALREADY MOIST GROUND WILL 

BE UNABLE TO ABSORB THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS.



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.



THIS SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REPLACES THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY THAT 

WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ELBERT AND CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES. 



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