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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

535 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     EAST CENTRAL CHAVES



AT 530 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES EAST OF ROSWELL. 

THIS STORM IS DUMPING HEAVY RAIN INTO THE LONG ARROYO WHICH WILL 

TURN INTO A RAGING TORRENT OF WATER. HIGHWAY 380 AND SEVERAL SMALLER 

ROADS THAT INTERSECT WITH LONG ARROYO ARE AT RISK OF FLOODING. 

HIGHWAY 31 IS AT RISK LATER THIS EVENING BEFORE THE WATER REACHES 

THE PECOS RIVER.



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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