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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

847 PM MDT THU AUG 17 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT



* AT 842 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A BAND OF PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING

  FROM NEAR PORTALES SOUTHWEST ALONG HIGHWAY 70 TO ELIDA. ESTIMATES

  OF 2 HOUR RAINFALL IS AS HIGH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF ELIDA

  AND JUST NORTHWEST OF PORTALES. REPEATING RAIN WILL CONTINUE PAST

  10 PM FROM STORMS STILL MOVING SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THIS FLASH FLOOD

  AREA.



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR

LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3359 10347 3364 10348 3366 10354 3379 10369

      3383 10369 3387 10377 3429 10373 3430 10369

      3430 10304 3430 10304



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