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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

830 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR

PEOPLE IN



  LOGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STERLING

  EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AKRON

  NORTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 829 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAIN OVER ANTELOPE SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF 

FORT MORGAN. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.



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

STERLING...AKRON...ANTELOPE SPRINGS...ATWOOD...BRUSH...BURDETT...

CROOK...FLEMING...GARY...HILLROSE...ILIFF...LOGAN CORNERS...LONE

STAR...MERINO...MIDWAY...NEW RAYMER...NORTH STERLING RESERVOIR...

OTIS...PADRONI...PAWNEE BUTTES...PAWNEE PASS...PEETZ...PLATNER...

PREWITT RESERVOIR...PROCTOR...SNYDER...ST PETERSBURG...STONEHAM...

TWIN BUTTES...WESTPLAINS AND WILLARD.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 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 RANCHLAND 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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