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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

621 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  NORTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 815 PM MDT



* AT 618 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN OVER ESPANOLA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  3 MILES NORTH OF CHIMAYO AT 700 PM MDT

  6 MILES NORTH OF CUNDIYO AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF VELARDE AT 710 PM MDT



STATE PATROL IN ESPANOLA REPORTED WATER OVER STATE HIGHWAY 76 NEAR 

CHIMAYO. FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 503.



THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF SANTA FE.



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND

DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



LAT...LON 3624 10625 3595 10624 3580 10612 3580 10600

      3580 10587 3580 10572 3594 10572 3607 10570

      3621 10585 3630 10605



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