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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

426 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT



* AT 424 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN OVER CAPULIN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES

  MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  3 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES AT 515 PM MDT



RADAR ESTIMATES HAVE INDICATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST ONE 

TO TWO HOURS. THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED 1.6 INCHES OF RAIN 5 MILES 

NORTHEAST OF FOLSOM. RAPID RUNOFF IS EMMINENT AND ROADS WILL LIKELY 

BE COVERED BY WATER.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND

DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



LAT...LON 3680 10420 3663 10417 3663 10379 3686 10380

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