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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

459 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     CURRY...NORTHERN ROOSEVELT AND SOUTHERN QUAY



AT 459 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TUCUMCARI...CLOVIS AND PORTALES. 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST 

AND NORTH THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA BETWEEN 500 PM AND 700 PM MDT.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREA 

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

AND LOW LYING AREAS.

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