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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

300 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     WESTERN SOCORRO



AT 250 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER AND NEAR THE SAN MATEO MOUNTAINS AND ALSO THE 

GALLINAS MOUNTAINS. ARROYOS...DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS 

IN SOCORRO COUNTY WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 

FLOODING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. IT MAY TAKE HOURS FOR THE WATER 

TO DRAIN INTO THE RIO GRANDE...SO THE POTENTIAL FOR PROBLEMS WILL 

CONTINUE LONG AFTER THE RESPONSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE GONE.



KEEP CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM ARROYOS AND DRAINAGE CHANNELS. 

NEVER CROSS FLOOD WATERS ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

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