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WGUS75 KABQ 060215

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NMC039-049-060230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

815 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA

AND NORTHERN SANTA FE COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAS

ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS 

DIMINISHING. SERIOUS STREET FLOODING IN ESPANOLA HAS SUBSIDED...BUT 

SOME LOW LYING AREAS REMAIN UNDER WATER. SINCE THE THREAT FOR FLASH 

FLOODING HAS ENDED...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE.



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED TO REPLACE 

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST RIO ARRIBA AND 

NORTHERN SANTA FE COUNTIES.



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.



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