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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

745 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     CENTRAL UNION



AT 745 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING FROM DES MOINES NORTH OF GRENVILLE TO JUST 

NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON. THIS AREA INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 87 AND THE 

CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK VICINITY. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT 

ARE PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING OVER THE 

PAST 30 MINUTES HEAVY RAIN AND RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT OF FLOODING OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNION 

COUNTY.



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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