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SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

330 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER IS CONTINUING 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. 



JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THE CLEAR CREEK HAD RISEN 6-8 

INCHES JUST WEST OF THE GILIP AND JEFFERSON COUNTY BORDERS. FURTHER 

DOWN STREAM...RIVER LEVELS REMAIN THE SAME. 



EARLIER STORMS ACROSS GILPIN AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES HAD CAUSED 

NORTH CLEAR CREEK TO RISE RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. 

THIS INCREASED WATER FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO CLEAR CREEK 

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

TREES WERE EARLIER REPORTED MOVING THROUGH NORTH CLEAR CREEK.   



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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