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NMC009-037-041-200315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

800 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 915 PM FOR PARTS OF CURRY 

AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES AND ALL OF QUAY COUNTY...



AT 750 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED IN THE NORTHERNMOST PANHANDLE OF ROOSEVELT 

COUNTY AS WELL AS FAR WESTERN CURRY COUNTY AND FAR SOUTHWEST QUAY 

COUNTY. IN FACT...UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN 

NORTHERN ROOSEVELT AND SOUTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTY. PARTS OF HIGHWAY 89 

IN ROOSEVELT COUNTY ARE PROBABLY COVERED WITH WATER. ARROYOS ARE 

ALSO LIKELY FLOODING.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES WITH MANY OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN QUAY COUNTY. 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND EAST OF ROUTE 469. 

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FILLING IN ACROSS WESTERN QUAY 

COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THOSE STORMS AS WELL. ONCE 

AGAIN...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 915 PM MDT.



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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