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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

852 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN 

ROOSEVELT COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM MDT...



AT 845 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL POUNDING PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY.

RAINFALL RATES AVERAGING 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY. 



SINCE 730 PM...BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN ALONG STATE 

ROAD 206 BETWEEN PORTALES TO DORA...EXTENDING EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE. 

AREAS BETWEEN ROGERS AND ARCH HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY  HARD HIT.  LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND 

TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...ESPECIALLY ON STATE ROADS 202...88...235 AND 

206 IN NORTHEAST ROOSEVELT COUNTY.



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. 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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