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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

634 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND 

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MDT TUESDAY 

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO

     CENTRAL AND EASTERN SAN JUAN



AT 630 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN PASSING OVER PARTS OF SAN JUAN 

COUNTY INCLUDING FARMINGTON AND BLOOMFIELD...AND THAT STRETCH OF 

HIGHWAY 550 BETWEEN BLOOMFIELD AND NAGEEZI.  HEAVY THUNDERSTORM 

RAINS WERE ALSO FALLING ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF CHACO CANYON.



HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE 

FROM THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS, WHICH ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST 

SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 15 MPH, EARLY THIS EVENING. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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