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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

530 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING

FOR PEOPLE IN



  WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DENVER

  NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 527 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHWESTERN DENVER. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY 

RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



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

ARVADA...WESTERN AURORA...EASTERN BROOMFIELD...COMMERCE CITY...

DENVER...ENGLEWOOD...EASTERN LAKEWOOD...NORTHERN LITTLETON...

NORTHGLENN...THORNTON...EASTERN WESTMINSTER...WHEAT RIDGE...DENVER

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BARR LAKE...BRIGHTON...BUCKLEY AFB...

CENTENNIAL...FEDERAL HEIGHTS...GREENWOOD VILLAGE AND SHERIDAN.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 1.25 INCHES

OF RAINFALL IN AN HOUR FROM THIS STORM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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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GARD...WFO BOULDER

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