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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

853 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2005



NMC011-020345-

DE BACA-

853 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DE BACA

COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT...



AT 853 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE WIDESPREAD HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS CAPABLE OF FLASH 

FLOODING OVER EASTERN DE BACA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD SHIFTED

SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 84 AND WAS GENERALLY FOCUSED ALONG AND EAST OF 

HIGHWAY 20 TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF FORT SUMNER. 



OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE AREAS ALONG STATE ROAD 272 AND STATE 

ROAD 294 IN EASTERN DE BACA COUNTY WHERE RAPID RUNOFF COULD RESULT 

IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AS THE EXCESS WATERS DRAIN TOWARD THE PECOS 

RIVER LOCATED WEST OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ROADS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3409 10434 3410 10394 3459 10394 3459 10432



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