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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

718 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR



  EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY



AT 708 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...JUST NORTH 

OF PENROSE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN THIS AREA...WHICH INLUDES THE DRAINAGE BASINS OF FOUR 

MILE...EIGHT MILE AND BEAVER CREEKS. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALSO 

APPROACHING CANON CITY...WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND 

ROADWAYS AROUND CANON CITY...PENROSE AND FLORENCE. 



BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF 

NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP 

CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM 

DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL 

OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND RURAL 

ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND 

ALONG CREEK BANKS.



WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING...

SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3852 10497 3828 10497 3840 10530 3868 10540

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