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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

552 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     NORTHWESTERN HARDING AND SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX



AT 552 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLFAX COUNTY EXTENDING INTO 

NORTHWEST HARDING COUNTY.



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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