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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

753 PM MDT FRI JUL 19 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR

SOCORRO COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAINFALL 

WAS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT 

WAS LESSENING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT FOR 

FLASH FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT STILL NOTES WATER FLOWING DOWN THE ARROYOS 

ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 304 BETWEEN VEGUITA AND LA JOYA WHERE THE FLASH

FLOODING TOOK PLACE. CAUTION IS ADVISED WHEN DRIVING THROUGH CENTRAL 

AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOCORRO COUNTY WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. PONDING OF ROADWAYS STILL MAY EXIST WITH 

SOME OF THE LOWER SPOTS IN ROADWAYS STILL SEEING RUNNING WATER. THE

RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ALTHOUGH LIGHT TO MODERATE ACROSS THE 

FLOOD AREA THROUGH 9 PM. 



JBW

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