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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

413 PM MDT THU SEP 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 545 PM MDT



* AT 411 PM MDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OVER 

TECOLOTE CREEK ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF LAS VEGAS. RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

OF 3 INCHES IN ONE AND ONE HALF HOURS OCCURRED OVER THE SANGRE DE 

CRISTO MOUNTAINS WEST OF HIGHWAY 283 ALONG THE HEAD WATERS OF 

TECOLOTE CREEK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 

NEAR VILLANUEVA WITH ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

SANGRES NORTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 

MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. 



BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND 

DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT 

DRIVE THROUGH WATER THAT COVERS THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 3568 10532 3558 10560 3509 10551 3511 10529

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