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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

455 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA...NORTHEASTERN

     SANDOVAL AND LOS ALAMOS



AT 455 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

THUNDERSTORM RAINS APPROACHING THE CERRO GRANDE BURN SITE FROM THE 

NORTH AND NORTHWEST. THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS 

AND HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE WILL CROSS LOS ALAMOS AND WHITE ROCK 

BETWEEN 500 PM AND 630 PM MDT.



LOCALIZED AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FLOWS IN 

ARROYOS...BURN AREAS...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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF SHOULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF  

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE 

AND LOW LYING AREAS.

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