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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

836 PM MDT SAT AUG 31 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT



* AT 827 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH A SLOW MOVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5    

  MILES WEST OF CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER CLAYTON AT 850 PM MDT

  ALONG HIGHWAY 87 THROUGH 1000 PM MDT



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3656 10336 3638 10340 3639 10293 3678 10273

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