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WGUS55 KABQ 180250

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NMC041-180645-





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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