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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

1233 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR



  WESTER EL PASO COUNTY



AT 1230 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTH OF MANITOU SPRINGS.



AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS REMAINED OVER THIS SAME AREA SINCE 

ABOUT 1115 PM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS AREA. 



PEOPLE ALONG SUTHERLAND CREEK AND THOSE ALONG FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR 

WHERE SUTHERLAND CREEK FEEDS INTO IT...SHOULD WATCH FOR RAPIDLY 

RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.



BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF

NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP

CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR

ALONG SMALLER CREEKS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.



WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING...

SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3885 10484 3878 10477 3874 10492 3888 10495

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