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WGUS75 KABQ 140346

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NMC027-140445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

945 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CAPITAN MOUNTAIN

 AREA OF CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1045 PM MDT...



RAINFALL IS ENDING OVER THE PEPPIN WILDFIRE AREA OF THE CAPITAN 

MOUNTAINS NORTHEST OF RUIDOSO. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL 

ARE AS HIGH AS 1 INCH BETWEEN 830 PM AND 930 PM WHICH CAN EASILY 

PRODUCE EXTREME RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING FROM THE BURNT SLOPES 

ALONG THE CAPITAN MOUNTAINS NORTH TOWARDS STATE ROAD 246.



FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH AT LEAST 1045 PM 

DUE TO THE UNUSUALLY HIGH RISK OF FLOODING FROM THE BURNT FOREST 

SLOPES.



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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