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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

345 PM MDT FRI SEP 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR



  EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY



AT 335 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF 

NORTHEAST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...FROM ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIM 

TO 20 MILES NORTH OF KIM.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN 

THIS AREA SINCE AROUND 130 PM...AND DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 

AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN.



EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO BE HIGH AND WATER TO BE RUNNING FAST IN 

CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA OF SMITH CANYON...LOST 

CANYON...EIGHTMILE CANYON AND LONG CANYON.



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.





LAT...LON 3763 10333 3744 10334 3741 10362 3763 10361

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