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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

225 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT THURSDAY

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

      LOS ALAMOS COUNTY



AT 225 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH INTO WESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY. 

THESE STORMS WILL BE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 0.50 TO 1.00 INCH 

PER HOUR AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE BURNED ARES IN WESTERN LOS ALAMOS 

COUNTY. THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF FROM THE 

BURNED AREAS.



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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