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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

709 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SANTA FE AND SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL



IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     EASTERN BERNALILLO INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA



AT 708 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST 

SOUTHEAST OF BERNALILLO SOUTHWARD ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE SANDIA 

MOUNTAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 

15 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH PER 

HOUR. 



REMEMBER...DITCHES ARE DEADLY. A GENTLE FLOW OF WATER CAN BECOME A 

RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



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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