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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

256 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR

PEOPLE IN



  WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  SOUTHEASTERN BOULDER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DENVER

  NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 256 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN 

PORTIONS OF THE DENVER AREA. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE 

SLOWLY SPREADING NORTH AND WEST ACROSS THE ENTIRE DENVER METRO AREA 

THROUGH 5 PM. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR 

WITH THE STORMS ALREADY ACROSS NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY. SOME SMALL 

HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...CITY STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.



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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