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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

618 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 720 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR

PEOPLE IN



  SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STERLING

  NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 616 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAIN OVER PREWITT RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF 

STERLING. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

STERLING...ATWOOD...LOGAN CORNERS...MERINO...PAWNEE PASS AND PREWITT

RESERVOIR.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 3 INCHES 

OF RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM. 



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.



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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