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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

240 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     VALENCIA AND BERNALILLO



AT 233 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HEIGHTS...FOOTHILLS AND 

MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN BERNALILLO AND EASTERN VALENCIA COUNTIES. MORE 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT EVEN 

MORE IMPORTANTLY IT CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF HOURS FOR WATER TO DRAIN 

DOWN TO THE RIO GRANDE. THUS ARROYOS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS...EVEN 

DEADLY THIS AFTERNOON.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM ARROYOS AND

DRAINAGE CHANNELS. NEVER CROSS FAST FLOWING WATER ON FOOT.

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