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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1050 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2001



...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM MDT 

WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN



  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

  LOGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

   THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STERLING

  PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

   THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOLYOKE

  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

   THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JULESBURG

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

   THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AKRON



AT 1045 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUING OVER WASHINGTON...LOGAN...PHILLIPS AND 

SEDGWICK COUNTIES.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF 

SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES.  RADAR ESTIMATES FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE ADVISORY AREA WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS RANCH LAND 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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