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NMC053-030945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1254 AM MDT SAT AUG 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 345 AM MDT



* AT 1250 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN PERSISTING ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SOCORRO

  COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN ALONG AND EAST OF THE RIO

  GRANDE WITH RADAR ESTIMATING UPWARDS OF ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES ACROSS

  NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY SOUTH OF ABO PASS...AND ALSO ALONG

  INTERSTATE 25 ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BERNARDO...BOSQUE DEL APACHE

  REFUGE...CLAUNCH...ESCONDIDA...LA JOYA...LEMITAR...AND SAN ACACIA



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3351 10743 3351 10640 3370 10634 3370 10608

          3423 10595 3424 10646 3442 10648 3454 10724



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