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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1207 AM MDT SAT AUG 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM MDT SATURDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     CENTRAL AND EASTERN GUADALUPE...QUAY AND 

     EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL DE BACA



AT 1203 AM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER THE EAST 

CENTRAL PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. DOPPLER 

RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN 

SINCE 1100 PM OVER CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTY AND OVER CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY. 

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND OTHER 

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND STREAMBEDS.   



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO TELL HOW MUCH

WATER IS ON THE ROAD...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FAST MOVING WATER OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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KJ

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