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WGUS75 KABQ 262342

FFSABQ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

538 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005



NMC005-270145-

CHAVES-

538 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND EAST 

CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT...



AT 533 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MESA TO 23 

MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELKINS....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE...

  MESA...

  ELKINS...

  HIGHWAYS 70...285 AND 380...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER 

HOUR ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 630 PM...THUS ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED.



MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND AND DO NOT 

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3400 10488 3365 10488 3321 10414 3340 10372

      3376 10372 3383 10385 3399 10394



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000 

WGUS75 KABQ 262342

FFSABQ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

538 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005



NMC005-270145-

CHAVES-

538 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND EAST 

CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT...



AT 533 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MESA TO 23 

MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELKINS....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE...

  MESA...

  ELKINS...

  HIGHWAYS 70...285 AND 380...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER 

HOUR ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 630 PM...THUS ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED.



MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND AND DO NOT 

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3400 10488 3365 10488 3321 10414 3340 10372

      3376 10372 3383 10385 3399 10394



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