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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

800 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2005



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CHAVES-

800 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2005



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

COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT...



AT 755 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN BETWEEN BITTER LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE

REFUGE AND DEXTER EXTENDING EASTWARD TO STATE ROAD 172 JUST WEST OF 

THE CHAVES LEA COUNTY LINE. THE SHOWERS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. 



ALTHOUGH HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS HAVE ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 

HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY

THROUGH AT LEAST 830 PM. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS ALONG STATE ROAD 249...ALSO KNOWN AS ABERDEEN ROAD...EAST OF

HAGERMAN AND WICHITA ROAD...ALSO KNOWN AS STATE ROAD 409...NEAR  

BOTTOMLESS LAKE STATE PARK. 



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 3297 10441 3297 10398 3343 10401 3341 10438



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