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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1047 PM MDT FRI SEP 24 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CHAVES

COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL MIDNIGHT...



AT 1045 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. SINCE 

1000 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN ALONG AND EAST OF THE PECOS 

RIVER AND FROM HIGHWAY 70 NORTHWARD. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN

HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS AREA THAT INCLUDES HIGH LONESOME...OLIVE 

ROAD JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF ELKINS...HERNANDEZ DRAW...AND SIX 

MILE DRAW. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.  



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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