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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1214 AM MDT SAT SEP 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CHAVES

COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 100 AM MDT...



AT 1205 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY FROM 

NEAR ELKINS TO 30 MILES WEST OF HAGERMAN. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE

BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THIS REGION WITH UPWARDS OF 5 TO 7 

INCHES IN A SMALL AREA 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKINS ALONG THE EAST 

SIDE OF THE PECOS RIVER. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD 

SITUATION.



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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