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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1015 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT



* AT 1015 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW

  WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY.

  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER COVERING PORTIONS OF STATE ROAD 

  206 BETWEEN PORTALES AND THE ROOSEVELT LEA COUNTY LINE. THE HEAVIEST RAINS

  WERE OBSERVED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF MILNESAND

  TO DORA TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE EAST OF ROGERS. RAINFALL RATES IN THESE

  AREAS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING 

  SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CAUSEY...DORA...ELIDA...LINGO AND 

  PEP



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3407 10306 3406 10370 3367 10370 3367 10350

          3357 10349 3358 10305

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