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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1207 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHAVES 

COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1245 AM MDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE CONTINUING OVER 

PARTS OF CHAVES COUNTY. AT 1210 AM...THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE 

INDICATED ACROSS FAR EAST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 380 

NEAR THE MESCALERO SANDS REST AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 

380. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 70 NEAR ELKINS. 



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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