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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

925 PM MDT SUN SEP 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  NORTHEASTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1130 PM MDT



* AT 920 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM CUNDIYO TO CHIMAYO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RAPID

  RUNOFF WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ALONG STATE ROAD 76 BETWEEN ESPANOLA 

  AND TRUCHAS. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED ALONG AND EAST OF

  HIGHWAY 285 NEAR TESUQUE PUEBLO...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL

  RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON...WITH THE MOST INTENSE DOWNPOURS

  LIKELY GENERATING AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY

  DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IN AND AROUND CHIMAYO. 



ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS

IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROAD...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FAST MOVING 

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



LAT...LON 3594 10607 3568 10598 3605 10565 3617 10585



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