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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1010 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND 

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM MDT SATURDAY 

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.



IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     UNION.



AT 1005 PM MDT NWS RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN UNION COUNTY. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 87. DOPPLER 

RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA SUGGEST 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN 

MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THESE AREAS IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO. MORE RAIN IS 

EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT...AND COMBINED WITH CONTINUED RUNOFF WILL 

CREATE MINOR FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND LOW-LYING 

AREAS. THERE WILL BE RUNNING WATER IN NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. THE LINE 

OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 MPH AND IS CAPABLE 

OF HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH OR MORE PER HOUR. 



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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