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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1250 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM MDT MONDAY

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN



AT 1244 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 70 AND STATE ROADS 48 AND 37 IN 

SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY NEAR RUIDOSO. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 

1.00 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RUNOFF FROM THESE 

STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND NORMALLY DRY STREAMS. 

OF PARTICULAR CONCERN ARE THE BURNED AREAS NEAR RUIDOSO. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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