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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

815 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT



* AT 815 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING

  THROUGHOUT NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY INCLUDING AREAS IN AND AROUND 

  PORTALES...ALONG STATE ROAD 2 0 6 BETWEEN PORTALES AND DORA AND ALONG

  HIGHWAY 70 FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF ELIDA TO THE ROOSEVELT CURRY COUNTY 

  LINES.  NEAR ZERO VISIBILIITES HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

  THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARCH



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 10371 3396 10378 3394 10304 3430 10305

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