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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

238 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR

PEOPLE IN



  WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  NORTHEASTERN DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 238 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAIN 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...OR

ABOUT 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENVER. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY 

RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE 

DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THIS STORM IN THE LAST HALF HOUR.



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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