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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

545 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 730 AM MDT



* AT 545 AM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING JUST SOUTH OF

  CLOVIS.  VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS

  WAS INDICATED ON NWS RADAR BETWEEN CLOVIS AND THE CURRY ROOSEVELT

  COUNTY LINE.  MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. HOURLY

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL APPROACH 2 INCHES. 





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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. BE ESPECIALLY ALERT ALONG STATE

ROAD 467...HIGHWAY 70 AND HIGHWAY 84/60.



LAT...LON 3445 10333 3431 10341 3431 10304 3453 10305



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