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ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

635 PM MDT SAT SEP 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT SATURDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

     SOUTHERN LINCOLN



AT 630 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

RAIN OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY. RADAR 

INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN AREAS...WITH RATES EXCEEDING ONE 

HALF INCH PER HOUR...WERE LOCATED BETWEEN RUIDOSO...NOGAL AND CAPITAN

AND OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF 

OSCURO. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH OR LESS.



THE HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ON AREAS THAT RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL 

EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD 

EASILY RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROAD INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 

WATERS MAY BEGIN TO RUN IN NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS AND SPILL OVER THE 

BANKS OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.



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.



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KJ

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