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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

201 AM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CHAVES COUNTY IN NEW 

MEXICO...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHAVES COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PREVIOUSLY COVERED MUCH OF THE COUNTY WERE 

WEAKENING AND EXITING TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...ISOLATED HEAVY RAINS 

WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE COUNTY UNTIL 

AROUND 300 AM. 



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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