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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

150 AM MDT SAT JUL 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 400 AM MDT



* AT 145 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RANCHVALE...OR 

  ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLOVIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 

  OTHER STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR MELOSE AND ALONG

  STATE ROAD 108 NEAR PLEASANT HILL. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER 

  HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SINCE MIDNIGHT...AREAS JUST

  SOUTHEAST OF MELOSE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 84 HAVE RECEIVED

  AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN BASED ON ESTIMATES FROM RADAR AND SATELLITE.

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE POTENTIAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER

INFORMATION.



LAT...LON 3465 10359 3454 10371 3431 10372 3450 10304

          3488 10305 3486 10332 3476 10342 3470 10348

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