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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

730 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR

PEOPLE IN



    NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO   

      THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIMON

    SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 729 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES SOUTH OF LINDON...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF 

LIMON. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 

TO 15 MPH.



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

ARRIBA...BOYERO...ELBA...GENOA...HUGO...LAST CHANCE...LIMON...

LINDON...OTIS...PUNKIN CENTER...THURMAN...WOODLIN SCHOOL AND WOODROW.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2.00 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM THESE STORMS IN THE LAST HOUR.



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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