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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

453 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     NORTHWESTERN HARDING AND SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX



AT 453 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN FROM EXTREME EASTERN MORA COUNTY TO SOUTHEAST COLFAX 

COUNTY. NWS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL 

ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION.



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.



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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