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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

645 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  WESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 930 PM MDT



* AT 630 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN SAN MIGUEL AND WESTERN 

  GUADALUPE COUNTIES. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN BOTH 

  AREAS SINCE 500 PM. RAGING TORRENTS OF WATER WILL BE RUNNING 

  THROUGH ARROYOS...CREEKS AND RIVERS. LOW SPOTS IN ROADS WILL BE 

  FLOODED. 



* IN GUADALUPE COUNTY THE PINTADA ARROYO AND OTHER AREA ARROYOS WILL 

  EXPERIENCE HEAVY FLOWS. MANY INTERSECTING ROADS WILL BE FLOODED IN 

  LOW SPOTS. HIGHWAYS 219 AND 54 ARE THREATENED.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TECOLOTITO...SAN IGNACIO...   

ANTON CHICO...



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3481 10528 3480 10506 3568 10469 3574 10529

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