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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

614 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 730 AM MDT FOR CENTRAL AND

   NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY AND FOR SOUTHEAST CURRY COUNTY...



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT THAT SEVERAL ROADS THROUGHOUT

NORTHERN ROOSEVELT AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST CURRY COUNTIES ARE EITHER 

COMPLETELY FLOODED OR HAVE SUBSTANTIAL STANDING WATER.  THIS INCLUDES STATE 

ROAD 114 BETWEEN ELIDA AND DORA...STATE ROAD 206 BETWEEN PORTALES AND 

DORA...AND SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN CLOVIS AND PORTALES.



AT 610 AM MDT...NWS RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OVER 

NORTHEAST ROOSEVELT AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST CURRY COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINS 

HAVE ENDED ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 70...AND SHOULD END ACROSS THE

REMAINDER OF THE REGION BEFORE 645 AM. 



FIVE INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED BY A CO OP OBSERVER IN PORTALES...MOST OF

WHICH FELL BETWEEN 300 AM AND 600 AM.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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

WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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