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NMZ019-210645-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

940 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN ARROYO AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM MDT FRIDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

     SOUTHERN CHAVES



AT 940 PM MDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER COVERING U.S. 

HIGHWAY 285 AND NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY 2 NEAR THE CHAVEZ AND EDDY 

COUNTY LINE.  WALNUT CREEK IS FLOWING OUT OF ITS BANKS AND THOSE 

HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.



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.



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.



MARTIN

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