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NMZ019-210815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

130 AM MDT FRI JUN 21 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM MDT FOR 

SOUTH CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 125 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH 

FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS PARTS 

OF CHAVES COUNTY.



MINOR ARROYO RUN OFF MAY CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN CHAVES 

COUNTY THROUGH 300 AM...PARTICULARLY ALONG WALNUT CREEK SOUTH OF 

ROSWELL...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS ENDING AND THE 

WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT

NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FAST

MOVING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



KJ

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