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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

953 PM MST WED MAR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND 

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY 

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     CURRY AND ROOSEVELT



AT 953 PM MST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTOMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE 

INCH PER HOUR OVER CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES.



AREAS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST OVER EASTCENTRAL NEW 

MEXICO TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY RESULT IN SOME STREET 

FLOODING IN CLOVIS AND PORTALES AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER IN LOW 

SPOTS AND DIPS.



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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