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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

100 AM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY

IN NEW MEXICO...



ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...ANOTHER AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER 

ROOSEVELT COUNTY BETWEEN 100 AM AND 300 AM. THE ADDITIONAL 

RAIN...ALTHOUGH NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HEAVY...MAY NOT ALLOW RUNOFF 

FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS...TO RECEDE AS QUICKLY. ROADS AND LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS WHICH WERE AFFECTED EARLIER IN THE EVENING BY HEAVY RAINS 

MAY STILL BE UNDER WATER OVERNIGHT.



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. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DON/T 

DROWN. 



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