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NMC011-037-051330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

442 AM MDT TUE OCT 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  SOUTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 730 AM MDT



* AT 435 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS BETWEEN FORT SUMNER AND TUCUMCARI. THE MOST

  INTENSE RAINS WERE CENTERED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT SUMNER IN THE

  VICINITY OF HOUSE AND MCALISTER...AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YESO. THE 

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MPH. RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WITH

  ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUSE AT 450 AM MDT

  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAIBAN AT 500 AM MDT



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3475 10428 3459 10442 3458 10486 3412 10486

      3419 10427 3431 10401 3462 10396 3468 10372

      3484 10355 3522 10373 3519 10400 3498 10410

      3476 10411



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