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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

723 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2005



NMC037-020215-

QUAY-

723 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY

UNTIL 815 PM MDT...



AT 717 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

THROUGHOUT TUCUMCARI INCLUDING UP TO 8 INCHES OF WATER COVERING 

TUCUMCARI BOULEVARD AND ROUTE 66 NEAR DOWNTOWN. ALSO

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS NEAR AND 

JUST NORTHEAST OF TUCUMCARI. 



AT 720 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM RAINS WERE LOCATED SOUTH 

OF INTERSTATE 40 AND ALONG STATE ROAD 209 BETWEEN TUCUMCARI AND RAGLAND

IN SOUTHWEST QUAY COUNTY. 



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY

FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3509 10397 3503 10380 3506 10358 3515 10345

      3527 10337 3540 10337 3539 10361 3525 10361

      3524 10384 3522 10393 3518 10398



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