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NMC051-180500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

910PM MDT WED JUL 17 2002



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN SIERRA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAS

EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE

DISSIPATED. 



THE MONTICELLO AREA HAS REPORTED NEAR 6 INCHES RAINFALL IN LESS

THAN ONE HOUR IN MONTICELLO...4 INCHES IN PLACITA...EARLIER THIS 

EVENING PRODUCING FLOODING IN MONTICELLO CANYON AND SURROUNDING 

AREA. SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTS STATE HIGHWAY 142 WASHED OUT IN THE 

AREA WHERE THE ROAD CHANGES FROM PAVEMENT TO DIRT...NEAR MOUTH OF 

MONTICELLO CANYON. WATER IS STILL RUNNING THAT AREA AND ROAD WILL 

REOPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLACITA AREA REPORTS RUNNING WATER IN 

ALL LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITH THE NORMAL DEBRIS ON THE ROADWAY AND 

WILL BE CLEARED EARLY THURSDAY.



AT 905 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS NO SHOWERS OR 

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF MONTICELLO...HOWEVER ISOLATED 

SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE.  



REMEMBER...AREAS FAR AWAY FROM THE SOURCE OF THE RAINFALL WILL HAVE 

RUNNING WATER THROUGH THE NIGHT.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OVER THE HIGHWAY...ESPECIALLY AT

NIGHTTIME...WHEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER.   



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