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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

243 PM MDT SUN SEP 26 2004



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

COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 315 PM MDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR MODERATE RAIN ALONG AND NORTH 

OF HIGHWAY 380. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED NORTH OF 

HAGERMAN AND DEXTER AREA WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RUNOFF INTO ALREADY 

SWOLLEN OR FLOODING ARROYOS AND STREAMS CONTINUING TO AGGRAVATE THE 

FLOODING HAZARD. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD MOVE INTO FROM THE 

SOUTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS 

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TURN AROUND DO NOT DROWN.



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