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NMC009-041-210730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1048 PM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 130 AM MDT



* AT 1045 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS

  FROM 10 MILES WEST OF PORTALES TO 15 MILES WEST OF CLOVIS.

  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE 

  NORTHEAST AT 20  MPH. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON AREAS

  THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UPWARDS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN

  IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN

  FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR THE PORTALES...FLOYD AND 

  CLOVIS AREAS.

  

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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3449 10369 3401 10371 3401 10305 3454 10306



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