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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

340 AM MDT THU AUG 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE

IN



  EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  SOUTH CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 340 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF HOLYOKE.  THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING 

TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 5 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

FROM THIS STORM IN THE LAST 4 HOURS OR SO.  THE STORMS IN THE AREA 

WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN AT 330 AM SO MOST THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN 

SHOULD BE NEARING COMPLETION.  



LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE AREA HAVE NOT NOTED ANY PROBLEMS AS 

OF YET.  HOWEVER...WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN...THERE 

IS LIKELY TO BE QUITE A BIT OF STANDING WATER AROUND.  BE EXTRA 

CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING EARLY THIS THURSDAY MORNING IN THE ADVISORY 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...NOTABLY FRENCHMAN AND WILDHORSE CREEKS... 

COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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