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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

539 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM MDT FOR CENTRAL

AND NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY...



AT 528 AM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SECTIONS OF 

STATE ROAD 114 BETWEEN ELIDA AND DORA WERE COVERED WITH WATER. 



AT 538 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM PORTALES AND SURROUNDING

AREAS SOUTHWARD TOWARD DORA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES WILL APPROACH

2 INCHES PER HOUR WHICH WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. 



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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KJ

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