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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

516 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 730 AM MDT



* AT 508 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AND NEAR PORTALES...FLOYD...AND ALONG STATE ROAD

  114 BETWEEN ELIDA AND DORA. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. 

  SINCE 200 AM MDT...RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UPWARDS OF 4 INCHES OF 

  RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY. 

  RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW WATER 

  CROSSINGS...BAR DITCHES AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3430 10366 3385 10373 3385 10305 3430 10305



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