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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

641 PM MST WED MAR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MST WEDNESDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     CHAVES



AUTOMATED OBSERVATIONS IN THE ROSWELL AREA INDICATED OVER ONE HALF 

INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 600 PM AND 620 PM FROM THUNDERSTORMS 

PASSING OVER CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST OVER CHAVES COUNTY 

DURING THE EVENING. 



STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND DIPS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW 

LYING AREAS IS LIKELY. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO TELL HOW MUCH

WATER IS ON THE ROAD...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FAST MOVING WATER OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH.



BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FLOWS

IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE

THROUGH THESE WATERS. WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE

HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.

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