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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

757 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN COLFAX

COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 900 PM MDT...



AT 755 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING OVER 

NORTHEAST COLFAX COUNTY. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.



ADDITIONALLY...PUBLIC AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN RATON ARE REPORTING 

STANDING WATER RANGING FROM SIX TO TWELVE INCHES IN CITY STREETS. 

UNDERPASSES WERE ALSO FLOODED AND CULVERTS WERE OVERFLOWING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

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

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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