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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

815 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     NORTHERN CHAVES



IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     SOUTHERN DE BACA



AT 815 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN DE BACA AND 

NORTHERN CHAVES COUNTIES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PERSIST OVER 

THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS LEADING TO FLOODING OF ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY 

STREAMBEDS. 



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.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS MAY RESULT IN

FLOODING OF ROAD INTERSECTIONS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. WATERS MAY BEGIN

TO RUN IN NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS.

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