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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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