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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

356 PM MDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM MDT SUNDAY

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     EASTERN VALENCIA...WEST CENTRAL TORRANCE AND EASTERN BERNALILLO



AT 351 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN 

BERNALILLO COUNTY AND ALONG THE VALENCIA/TORRANCE COUNTY LINE. THE 

STORMS WERE DRIFTING NORTH AT ONLY 5 TO 10 MPH. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF

RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS OVER THE NEXT HOUR...WITH RUNOFF 

CONTINUING UNTIL 600 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.

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