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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

435 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN



  CENTRAL AND EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

  NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIMON



AT 434 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN ELBERT 

COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FROM A STORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST 

OF MATHESON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LIMON.  NEW THUNDERSTORMS 

FORMING OVER NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO 

PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL BY 5 PM MDT.   



THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 

AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.  



LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...AGATE...

ARRIBA...GENOA...HUGO...LIMON AND MATHESON.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

FROM STORMS IN EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



BAKER

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