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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

920 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM MDT MONDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     SOUTHERN SANTA FE



IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     VALENCIA...WESTERN TORRANCE...NORTH CENTRAL SOCORRO AND

     BERNALILLO



AT 916 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM WESTERN 

VALENCIA COUNTY TO SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY AND NORTHWEST TORRANCE 

COUNTY. THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAIN NEAR EDGEWOOD. LOCALLY HEAVY 

THUNDERSTORM RAINS WILL CONTINUE IN THE ADVISORY AREA...MAINLY TO 

AREAS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA. 



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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