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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

708 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 815 PM MDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

WAS CONTINUING OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY ASSOCIATED 

WITH NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING IS EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE 

FROM ARCH TO DORA TO 10 MILES WEST OF MILNESAND. THE STORMS WERE 

MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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