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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

824 PM MDT MON OCT 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT



* AT 810 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER FLOWING 

OVER ROUTE 209 NORTH OF QUAY AT MILE MARKER 75...OR ABOUT 8 MILES 

SOUTH OF TUCUMCARI IN THE VICINITY OF PLAZA LARGA CREEK. THE ROAD 

HAS BEEN CLOSED. STORMS HAVE BEEN REDEVELOPING AND MOVING SOUTHEAST 

OVER THE SAME AREA OF CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY...RESULTING IN RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 5 INCHES. STORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 9 PM.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PLAZA LARGA CREEK 

DOWNSTREAM WHERE IT CROSSES ROUTE 278 AND NEAR ITS CONFLUENCE WITH 

REVUELTO CREEK NEAR HISTORIC ROUTE 66 AND INTERSTATE 40. THE TOWN OF 

QUAY COULD ALSO SEE PONDING OF WATER FROM HEAVY RAIN AND ADDITIONAL 

RUNOFF AS STORMS MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



WATER IN SMALL STREAMS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO 

REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.



LAT...LON 3503 10392 3481 10387 3487 10349 3540 10334

          3538 10346 3518 10368



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