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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

520 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE GREATER METRO DENVER AREA.



AT 515 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

STORMS HAD WEAKENED OVER THE AREA...AND SHOWERS NOW ARE MAINLY WEST 

OF I-25 AND OVER THE SOUTHERN DENVER AREA. RAINFALL RATES ARE NOW 

UNDER A HALF OF AN INCH IN ONE HOUR. 



EARLIER...RADAR AND SPOTTERS HAD INDICATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE DENVER AREA...INCLUDING 

LITTLETON...LAKEWOOD...AND THE ARVADA AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATED 

INDICATED A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 4 PM. 



THERE MAY STILL BE SOME STANDING WATER AND LOCAL FLOODING IN LOW 

LYING SPOTS OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...CITY STREETS 

AND UNDERPASSES. 



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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