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NMC007-220015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

412 PM MDT WED JUL 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 615 PM MDT



* AT 408 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN

  AND NEAR SPRINGER.  PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 56 IN SPRINGER HAS BEEN   

  CLOSED. SEVERAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN THROUGHOUT EASTERN COLFAX COUNTY THROUGH THE LATE

  AFTERNOON.  THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF   

  MAXWELL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGER...MOVING EAST AT 

  10 MPH. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN RATON AND SPRINGER SHOULD

  BE PREPARED FOR FLASH FLOODING. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ABBOTT AND FARLEY



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3689 10442 3623 10478 3624 10403 3685 10401

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