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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1039 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 130 AM MDT



* AT 1030 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT 

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. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE MODERATE RAIN OVER SOUTH CHAVES 

COUNTY WHICH WILL FURTHER AGGREVATE THE FLOODING. STREET FLOODING IS 

POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR LAKE ARTHUR AND POSSIBLY HAGERMAN. LITTLE 

MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN IS NOTED.

 

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH 

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3319 10461 3298 10459 3300 10387 3321 10394

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