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WGUS75 KABQ 160546

FFSABQ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1145 PM MDT TUE AUG 15 2006



NMC005-027-160645-

CHAVES-LINCOLN-

1145 PM MDT TUE AUG 15 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES...



AT 1143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSWELL. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH

EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE...

  DEXTER...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS

EXPECTED.



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.



LAT...LON 3297 10511 3300 10436 3375 10433 3347 10508



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