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SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

620 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER IS CONTINUING THE SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING 

FOR PEOPLE IN



  CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 543 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...IN AN 

AREA 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NUNN AND STRETCHING EASTWARD TO 10 MILES 

WEST OF GROVER. 



THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY 

WEST AT 5 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES IN ONE 

HOUR...THOUGH SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION IS IN THE FORM OF LARGE 

HAIL. 



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

TO...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...THE PAWNEE GRASSLANDS. STREAMS AFFECTED 

WILL BE...LITTLE CROW CREEK...CROW...AND SIMPSON CREEK. 



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.



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