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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

653 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 900 PM MDT



* AT 651 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST CATRON COUNTY. THE CLUSTER OF 

  STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE 

  HEAVIEST RAIN WILL GENERALLY BE LOCATED EAST OF HIGHWAY 36 AND 

  HIGHWAY 32 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12. LOCATIONS THAT WILL RECEIVE

  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE DATIL...PIETOWN...MANGAS...AND GREENS

  CAP...OLD HORSE SPRINGS...AND NEW HORSE SPRINGS.



BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND

DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WATER IN 

ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR

LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3377 10837 3393 10773 3459 10773 3456 10842



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