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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1208 AM MDT SAT JUL 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM MDT SATURDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     NORTHEASTERN CURRY



AT 1205 AM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN WITH NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN ROUGHLY A 5 

MILES RADIUS OF BROADVIEW. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND A HALF 

TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS 

SHOULD WEAKEN AFTER 1245 AM MDT...BUT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW 

HOURS THEREAFTER. 



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 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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