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WGUS55 KABQ 100449

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NMC041-100645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1048 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT



* AT 1045 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

  INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 

  OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS 

  WERE INDICATED BETWEEN ELIDA AND FLOYD...BETWEEN MILNESAND AND DORA AND

  NEAR ARCH. THESE AREAS HAVE LIKELY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE

  800 PM. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG 

  STATE ROAD 114 BETWEEN ELIDA AND DORA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE 

  NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.



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

  ELIDA...LINGO...MILNESAND AND PEP



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3430 10383 3384 10382 3385 10372 3365 10369

          3366 10351 3358 10349 3358 10306 3429 10305

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