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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

748 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2001



...AN ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT 

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 745 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST 

THUNDERSTORM RAINS NEAR BERNALILLO, THE NORTH SIDE OF RIO RANCHO AND 

THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA INCLUDING THE 

TRAMWAY INTERSTATE 40 AREA. AN OBSERVER NEAR TRAMWAY/COPPER REPORTED 

0.50 INCH IN 20 MINUTES. 



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.



KJ

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