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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

925 AM MDT SUN AUG 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1100 AM MDT



* AT 915 AM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING FROM PERSISTENT... 

  WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN ROOSEVELT 

  COUNTY. SINCE SATURDAY EVENING...THREE TO AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES HAVE 

  BEEN REPORTED IN A BROAD SWATH EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF 

  MILNESAND TO 5 MILES EAST OF ROGERS. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY 

  RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY 

  THROUGH LATE MORNING WHERE ANOTHER ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH 

  WILL FALL BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO END FROM WEST TO EAST.



REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC INDICATE LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BAR DITCHES 

ALONG MOST RURAL COUNTY ROADS IN EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY ARE 

FLOODED...INCLUDING SEVERAL FEET OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS ALONG STATE 

ROAD 235 NEAR ROGERS. ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED ALONG STATE ROAD 206 BETWEEN MILNESAND AND DORA...SIGNIFICANT

STANDING WATER AND FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ENCOUNTERED. 



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...

  ARCH...

  CAUSEY...

  DORA...

  LINGO...



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE



LAT...LON 3382 10364 3367 10367 3367 10350 3372 10305

      3423 10304



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