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NMZ010-015-030945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

208 AM MDT SAT AUG 3 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 AM MDT FOR SOCORRO

COUNTY...



AT 205 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN 

SOCORRO COUNTY. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY 

AREAS EAST OF SOCORRO AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 380 AND ALONG INTERSTATE 

25 FROM SAN ANTONIO TO THE SIERRA COUNTY LINE. 



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT

NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FAST

MOVING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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