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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

840 PM MDT WED SEP 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

CHAVES COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1015 PM MDT...



AT 840 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN

ROSWELL AND DEXTER.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 TO 

25 MPH. EXPECT ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN FROM THESE STORMS

THROUGH 930 PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

STREAMS AND ARROYOS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW 

LYING AREAS.  DANGEROUS FLOW MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE RIO FELIX...WALNUT

AND ZUBI DRAWS. STATE AND COUNTY ROADS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY

WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS

THE PAST WEEK. 



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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