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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1000 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT



* AT 955 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING THROUGH CENTRAL

  ROOSEVELT COUNTIES. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 

  MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARCH...DORA...LINGO...      

  MILNESAND...PEP...PORTALES...BLEDSOE...CAUSEY...ARCH AND ROGERS.



AT 940 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT ENCOUNTERED FLOOD WATERS ON HIGHWAY 114 

ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF ELIDA THAT REACHED UP TO THE HOOD OF THE PATROL

CAR. 



LOOK FOR 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY BEFORE 

THESE STORMS EXIT THE AREA. EXTREME RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL 

CAUSE VERY HIGH FLOWS IN STREAMS AND ARROYOS UNTIL THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS.



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS

IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3430 10347 3367 10370 3365 10347 3359 10347

          3358 10306 3429 10305

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