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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1030 PM MDT THU SEP 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN



AT 1025 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING NORTHEAST FROM OLD 

MEXICO TOWARDS SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND THE RUIDOSO AREA. 



THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OR 

PERSISTENT RAIN THAT MOVES OVER THE BURNT FOREST AREAS EAST AND 

SOUTH OF RUIDOSO. PORTIONS OF THE AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER AN 

INCH OF RAIN DURING THE DAY. ADDITIONAL RAIN TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO 

FAST WATER RUNOFF FROM THE BURNT AREAS FLOWING DOWN INTO BOTH 

CARRIZO CREEK AND GAVILAN CANYON. 



PEOPLE IN RUIDOSO AND RUIDOSO DOWNS IN THESE VULNERABLE WATERSHEDS 

SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS CAREFULLY TONIGHT. IT CAN BE 

ESPECIALLY HARD TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE CANYONS OR OVER THE 

ROADS IN THE DARK AND THIS MAY LEAVE LITTLE TIME TO MOVE AWAY FROM 

THE IMMEDIATE STREAMBEDS OF CARRIZO CREEK AND GAVILAN CANYON.



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