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NMC039-049-060215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

710 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO

ARRIBA AND NORTHERN SANTA FE COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 815 PM

MDT...



AT 655 PM...ESPANOLA POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THREE FEET OF 

STANDING WATER IN THE CITY STREETS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS 

AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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