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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

629 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT



* AT 625 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  ALONG NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY 169 FROM MAGDALENA AND ALAMO. SEVERAL 

  ARROYOS AND STREAM IN THE AREA ARE RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL. VERY

  HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER WESTERN SOCORRO COUNTY

  FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL STREAMS AND ARROYOS IN 

  WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY COULD BEGIN TO FLOOD AS WELL.



ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS

IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3347 10768 3349 10719 3457 10709 3457 10772



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