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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

648 PM MDT FRI JUL 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 800 PM MDT



* AT 641 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 

  SOCORRO COUNTY WHICH INCLUDES STATE HIGHWAY 304. TWO TO THREE INCHES

  HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES OVER THE AREA        

  PRIMARILY ALONG AND JUST TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE CLUSTER

  OF STORMS WHICH PROVIDED THE HEAVY RAIN ARE DIMINISHING BUT STEADY

  LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED HEAVIER RAIN WILL REMAIN 

  THROUGH 730 PM.



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3409 10701 3396 10686 3415 10660 3430 10680



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