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NMC041-210415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

946 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2004



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

NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM MDT...



AT 940 PM...STATE POLICE CONTINUED TO REPORT THAT SEVERAL FEET OF 

WATER WAS COVERING STATE ROAD 206 WITH STRANDED VEHICLES BETWEEN 

PORTALES AND DORA. THAT HIGHWAY REMAINS CLOSED IN ROOSEVELT COUNTY. 



MANY AREAS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY HAVE 

LIKELY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 730 PM WITH ISOLATED 

HEAVIER AMOUNTS JUST SOUTHEAST OF PORTALES AND NEAR ROGERS ALONG 

STATE ROAD 235...PARTS OF WHICH MAY ALSO BE UNDER WATER. WITHIN THE 

PAST HOUR...THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN AND AROUND ROGERS. 



THIS IS A 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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