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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1110 PM MDT FRI SEP 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 100 AM MDT



* AT 1105 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS EXTENDING FROM ROSWELL TO 30 MILES WEST 

  OF HAGERMAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 10 TO 15 

  MPH. EXPECT STREET FLOODING THE IMMEDIATE ROSWELL AREA AND FLOODING 

  OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND BAR DITCHES ALONG 

  HIGHWAY 285 FROM ROSWELL SOUTH TO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 

  13 AS THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PASS. RAINFALL RATES WILL EXCEED 

  ONE INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE THE RIO 

  FELIX...ZUBI DRAW...AND THIRTEEN MILE DRAW. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER DEXTER AT 1220 AM MDT

  OVER HAGERMAN AT 1230 AM MDT



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3342 10460 3296 10509 3298 10389 3344 10382



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