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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

515 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR SAN JUAN AND

MCKINLEY COUNTIES...



SATELILLE AND RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAIN STORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE 

NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN SAN JUAN AND WESTERN MCKINLEY COUNTIES. 

RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED AT OVER ONE HALF INCH IN 30 MINUTES 

WITH STORM TOTALS OF NEAR 2 INCHES.



NUMEROUS SMALL ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE EITHER FLOODED OR 

ARE CARRYING DANGEROUSLY FAST STORM WATER RUNOFF FROM FARMINGTON AND 

AZTEC SOUTHWARD TO CROWNPOINT AND GALLUP.



THE ANIMAS RIVER FROM FARMINGTON NORTH TO THE STATE LINE AND THE LA 

PLATA RIVER NORTH OF FARMINGTON CONTINUE TO SHOW HIGH WATER LEVELS.

THE LA PLATA RIVER IS AT BANK FULL AND THE ANIMAS IS EXPECTED TO 

RISE RAPIDLY THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH LOCAL STORM WATER RUNOFF AND 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY WATER FROM UPSTREAM RAINS NEAR DURANGO WHICH HAS 

REPORTED NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY.



REMAIN ALERT TO DANGEROUS WATER FLOWS WHEN APPROACHING ALL LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS OVER RURAL SAN JUAN COUNTY WEST AND SOUTH OF FARMINGTON 

AND ALSO MCKINKLEY COUNTY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

 

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