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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

236 AM MDT SAT JUL 24 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CURRY COUNTY UNTIL 

400 AM MDT...



AT 230 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF CURRY COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS

WERE CONCENTRATED IN AN AREA FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF CLOVIS NORTHWARD 

TO NEAR BROADVIEW THEN WESTWARD TO STATE ROAD 224.  SINCE 130 AM...A 

CORE OF 1 TO 2 INCH RAIN AMOUNTS WERE OBSERVED ALONG STATE ROAD 2 88 

EAST OF FIELD. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY 

ALONG RUNNING WATER AND FRIO DRAWS....AND STATE AND COUNTY ROADS 

THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EASTERN CURRY COUNTY.  LOCALIZED STREET 

FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE IMMEDIATE CLOVIS AREA.



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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