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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

400 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES 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 355 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE DENVER 

AREA...AND STORMS ARE NOW EXPANDING NORTH AND WEST INTO SOUTHEAST 

BOULDER AND WESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES. RADAR AND SPOTTERS HAVE 

INDICATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN 

PORTIONS OF THE DENVER AREA...INCLUDING LITTLETON...LAKEWOOD...AND 

THE ARVADA AREAS. A SPOTTER IN PARKER REPORTED 1.60 INCHES OF RAIN 

IN 20 MINUTES AT 326 PM. 



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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