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WGUS75 KABQ 100249

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NMC021-100345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

844 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARDING

COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 945 PM MDT...



THE HEAVY RAINS IN SOUTHEAST HARDING COUNTY HAVE ENDED...BUT LIGHT 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 945 PM. MORE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA LATER IN THE EVENING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

STREAMS AND ARROYOS...POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. HIGH RUNOFF 

SHOULD LAST UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING IN UTE CREEK AND IN LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS ALONG HIGHWAY 39 FROM UTE CREEK SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH 

SOUTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT

NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FAST

MOVING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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