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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

126 AM MDT SUN AUG 28 2005



NMC005-280815-

CHAVES-

126 AM MDT SUN AUG 28 2005



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

COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM MDT...



AT 120 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER

CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY. THE MOST INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER 

ROSWELL....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

LOCATED NEAR DEXTER AND HAGERMAN ALSO MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT

AROUND 20 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL APPROACH ONE INCH IN THE ROSWELL AREA 

AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 285 NEAR DEXTER AND HAGERMAN.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



LAT...LON 3352 10465 3307 10461 3314 10412 3357 10447



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