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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

819 AM MDT TUE OCT 5 2004



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

AND CURRY COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 845 AM MDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS NOTED OVER SOUTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY FROM DORA 

TO PEP TO MILNESAND AND LINGO. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE AND ONE 

HALF INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES 

OVER CHAVES COUNTY WHICH WILL MOVE INTO ROOSEVELT OVER THE NEXT 30 

MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. 



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.



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