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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

935 PM MDT WED AUG 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT



* AT 931 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

HEAVY RAIN FROM RUIDOSO TO CAPITAN TO PICACHO. THE AREA OF HEAVY 

RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES 

PER HOURS IS LIKELY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE HEAVY 

RAIN MOVES TO THE SOUTH. RUNOFF WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST 

1030 PM. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALTO...ARABELA...BONITO   

LAKE...CAPITAN...FORT STANTON...GLENCOE...HONDO...LINCOLN...  

PICACHO...RUIDOSO DOWNS AND SAN PATRICIO



AT 925 PM LINCOLN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTING WATER 

CROSSING OVER HIGHWAY 380 NEAR CAPITAN AND AS MUCH AS 3 FEET OF 

WATER OVER SOME SECONDARY ROADS IN THE CAPITAN AREA. 

 



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3364 10495 3316 10491 3315 10529 3331 10531

      3332 10570 3363 10574

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