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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

100 AM MDT SAT SEP 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 300 AM MDT



* AT 1250 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELKINS TO 

  30 MILES EAST OF HAGERMAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 5 

  TO 10 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES WITHIN THE MOST INTENSE DOWNPOURS

  WILL APPROACH 2 INCHES AN HOUR. SINCE 1000 PM...RADAR HAS ESTIMATED

  BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF CHAVES COUNTY EAST 

  OF THE PECOS RIVER. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT. ADDITIONAL

  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHAVES 

  COUNTY EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER EARLY THIS MORNING.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER RURAL EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY INCLUDING HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN

  ELKINS AND KENNA...HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN THE INTERSECTIONS OF 

  PONDEROSA ROAD AND STATE ROAD 172...AND STATE ROAD 172 IN FAR

  SOUTHEAST CHAVES COUNTY. 



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 3388 10418 3316 10408 3314 10376 3356 10373

      3357 10349 3366 10349 3364 10373 3380 10371



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