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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1042 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM MDT SATURDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     NORTHEASTERN COLFAX



AT 1042 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR THE RATON AIRPORT. OTHER 

THUNDERSTORMS NEAR RATON...LAKE MALOYA...AND SUGARITE WILL BE 

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODING RAINS BETWEEN 1045 PM AND 1245 AM MDT.



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 CAN 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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