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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

845 AM MDT TUE OCT 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND                

  ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1015 AM MDT



* AT 840 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES   

  TO INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF ROOSEVELT AND EASTERN CURRY   

  COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHWEST         

  ROOSEVELT COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES. THE RAIN IS     

  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS 

  POSSIBLE.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...OVER MUCH      

  OF ROOSEVELT COUNTY. RAIN WILL BE INCREASING OVER KENNA...ELIDA    

  WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.



AT 845 AM BOTH CLOVIS AND PORTALES POLICE INDICATED CONTINUOUS 

FLOODING OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE PORTALES AND CLOVIS AREAS. 

OTHER TOWNSHIPS WILL LIKELY SEE FLOODING AS WELL.



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3460 10326 3374 10345 3397 10245 3427 10243



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