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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

145 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 400 PM MDT



* AT 138 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER COVERING PORTIONS

  OF STATE ROAD 159 NORTHEAST OF GLENWOOD.  OTHER FLASH FLOODING WAS

  LIKELY OCCURRING FARTHER EAST NEAR AND NORTH OF THE GILA CLIFF   

  DWELLINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT.  OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE AREAS 

  IN THE GILA WILDERNESS AND MIDDLE FORK OF THE GILA RIVER WHICH MAY 

  EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES. MANY RURAL AND FOREST SERVICE ROADS MAY BE 

  INUNDATED THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST CATRON COUNTY.



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



DO NOT CAMP ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS. REMAIN ALERT WHEN HIKING IN

STEEP...NARROW CANYONS.



LAT...LON 3365 10802 3321 10801 3322 10874 3364 10874



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