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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

643 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM MDT THURSDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     NORTHEASTERN VALENCIA AND SOUTHEAST BERNALILLO



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE WEST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHEAST BERNALILLO 

COUNTY. THIS WATER WILL DRAIN DOWN TO THE RIO GRANDE RIVER IN THE 

ARROYOS OF SOUTHEAST BERNALILLO AND NORTHEAST VALENCIA COUNTIES. 

THUS THERE MAY BE WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS IN THESE AREAS THIS 

EVENING.



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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