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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

935 PM MST WED MAR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM MST WEDNESDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     CHAVES



AT 935 PM MST YET ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS 

WAS MOVING NORTHEAST OVER CHAVES COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

IN ROSWELL HAVE REPORTED SOME RECENT STREET FLOODING AS A RESULT OF 

THIS LATEST AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 

ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MOST RECENT 

ACTIVITY. PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST ACROSS CHAVES COUNTY

THE REST OF THE EVENING.



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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