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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

251 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM MDT THURSDAY

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL...EASTERN COLFAX AND EASTERN MORA.



AT 246 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN ALONG I-25 BETWEEN RATON AND WAGON MOUND.  HEAVY RAIN WAS 

ALSO BETWEEN WATROUS AND LAS VEGAS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR 

EL PORVENIR AND BETWEEN WAGON MOUND AND OCATE.  RADAR INDICATED THAT 

AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST WEST OF EL PORVENIR ALONG 

GALLINAS CREEK.     



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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