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000 

WGUS55 KABQ 100503

FFWABQ

NMC005-100645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1057 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT



* AT 1054 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  HEAVY RAIN NEAR...EAST AND NORTHEAST OF ELKINS. THE LINE OF STORMS 

  CAUSING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER RURAL NORTHEASTERN CHAVES COUNTY 



WATCH FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THIS LATEST LINE 

OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

STORMS WILL REGENERATE IN EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING. 

RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH DANGEROUSLY HIGH 

FLOWS IN STREAMS...ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON ROADWAYS.



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 3374 10427 3299 10419 3299 10376 3340 10378

          3342 10372 3382 10372 3383 10385 3400 10384

$$



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000 

WGUS55 KABQ 100508

FFWABQ

NMC005-100645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1057 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT



* AT 1054 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  HEAVY RAIN NEAR...EAST AND NORTHEAST OF ELKINS. THE LINE OF STORMS 

  CAUSING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER RURAL NORTHEASTERN CHAVES COUNTY 



WATCH FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THIS LATEST LINE 

OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

STORMS WILL REGENERATE IN EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING. 

RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH DANGEROUSLY HIGH 

FLOWS IN STREAMS...ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON ROADWAYS.



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 3374 10427 3299 10419 3299 10376 3340 10378

          3342 10372 3382 10372 3383 10385 3400 10384

$$



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