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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

807 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY 

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.



IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     UNION AND NORTHEASTERN HARDING.



AT 805 PM MDT NWS RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN 

UNION COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN JUST WEST OF 

GRENVILLE...AND ALONG THE DRY CIMARRON RIVER NEAR THE COLORADO 

BORDER. DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA SUGGEST NEARLY 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE 500 PM. THE LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND AT THE 

LEAST ARE CAPBLE OF HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 0.75 TO ONE INCH PER 

HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST HARDING 

COUNTY 



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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