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NMC005-050230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

631 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT



* AT 627 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 13 MILES NORTHEAST 

  OF DEXTER...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF ROSWELL. THE STORM PRODUCING 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WEATHER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED

  BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THE VICINITY OF

  LOCO DRAW AND LONG DRAW. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE AREAS ALONG

  ABERDEEN ROAD OR STATE ROAD 249 EAST OF HAGERMAN.



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.



LAT...LON 3297 10441 3297 10398 3343 10401 3341 10438



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