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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

531 PM MDT TUE AUG 16 2005



NMC007-033-170045-

COLFAX-MORA-

531 PM MDT TUE AUG 16 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MORA

AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT...



AT 530 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 

RAIN.  THIS STORMS WERE CENTERED 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF 

SPRINGER AND SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH OR 

LESS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY 

DRY ARROYOS AND STREAMBEDS...LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS...INTERSECTIONS...AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR 

DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR

LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS. REMAIN ALERT TO FLOODED ROAD

CROSSINGS EVEN HOURS LATER.



LAT...LON 3613 10481 3612 10448 3637 10438 3639 10468



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