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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

757 PM MDT WED JUL 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 930 PM MDT



* AT 755 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF ELKINS 

  TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ROSWELL. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING

  TOWARD THE SOUTH AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. 



* VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE PECOS

  RIVER VALLEY. IN THE ROSWELL VICINITY...THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE

  EXPECTED TO FALL NEAR ALAMO ROAD AND IN THE BOTTOMLESS LAKES STATE 

  PARK AREA. 



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3389 10453 3299 10447 3299 10391 3389 10396

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