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WGUS75 KABQ 200315

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NMC009-037-041-200345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

915 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR 

QUAY AND PARTS OF ROOSEVELT AND CURRY COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE...



THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF 

QUAY...NORTHWEST ROOSEVELT AND CURRY COUNTIES EARLIER IN THE EVENING 

HAD WEAKENED AND LARGELY DISSIPATED. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 PM.



BETWEEN 630 PM AND 830 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN HOUSE 

AND MELROSE IN THE PANHANDLE OF ROOSEVELT COUNTY AND EXTREME WESTERN 

CURRY COUNTY. A SWATH OF ONE INCH RAINFALLS WAS ALSO ESTIMATED BY 

RADAR ACROSS EASTERN QUAY COUNTY BETWEEN SAN JON AND NARA VISA. 



SOME MINOR FLOODING AND RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO 

IN THESE AREAS...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FAST MOVING WATER OR 

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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