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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

640 PM MDT SAT AUG 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM MDT SATURDAY 

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

     SOUTHEASTERN UNION...EASTERN HARDING AND EASTERN SAN MIGUEL



IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

     NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE...CURRY...NORTHWESTERN                   

     ROOSEVELT...QUAY AND NORTHEASTERN DE BACA



AT 634 PM MDT A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED STANDING WATER AND SOME 

ROAD FLOODING IN THE NEWKIRK AREA. ALSO...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS HAVE OCCURRED IN 

THE TUCUMCARI AREA SINCE 600 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED 

THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL NEW MEXICO 

IN ADDITIONAL TO THE WIDESPREAD RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER IN 

THE AFTERNOON. 



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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