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COC059-022230-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

232 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR

PEOPLE IN



  NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...ALONG CLEAR 

  CREEK. 



EARLIER STORMS ACROSS GILPIN AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES HAS CAUSED 

NORTH CLEAR CREEK TO RISE RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS 

INCREASED WATER FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO CLEAR CREEK ABOVE 

GOLDEN THROUGH 5 PM. REPORTS OF DEBRIS AND RAILROAD SIZED TREES 

WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTH CLEAR CREEK. REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE 

RIVER IS STILL WITHIN THE BANKS...BUT HAS RISEN 4 TIMES THE NORMAL 

LEVELS.  



PERSONS ALONG CREEK CREEK ABOVE GOLDEN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SWIFT 

AND RISING WATERS. AT THIS TIME...MAJOR FLOODING DOES NOT APPEAR TO 

BE A THREAT. HOWEVER...KAYAKERS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR DEBRIS 

IN THE RIVER.



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