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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

550 AM MDT THU AUG 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE

IN



  EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOLYOKE

  SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 550 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAIN OVER AMHERST...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLYOKE.

THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

STRONG RAIN STORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN THIS GENERAL AREA MOST OF 

THE NIGHT.



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

AMHERST...HOLYOKE...PLEASANT VALLEY AND SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER.



THIS ADVISORY REPLACES THE EARLIER ONE ISSUED FOR THE SAME GENERAL 

LOCATIONS. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN FROM THIS STORM IN THE LAST 3 HOURS IN SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS 

COUNTY.  FRENCHGLEN AND WILDHORSE CREEKS ARE THE MAIN STREAMS IN THE 

ADVISORY AREA.  



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.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN HOLYOKE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED ANY 

REPORTS OF PROBLEMS FROM THE RAINS.  HOWEVER THERE IS LIKELY QUITE A 

BIT OF STANDING WATER ON ROADS AND IN FIELDS THIS MORNING SO USE 

CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT. 



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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