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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

543 PM MDT SUN AUG 20 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 715 PM MDT



* AT 541 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF PEP...OR ABOUT

  27 MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  ARCH...

  DORA...

  ROGERS...

  PORTALES...



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT

LIFE AND PROPERTY.



LAT...LON 3365 10369 3365 10350 3398 10307 3413 10307

      3429 10332 3395 10346 3380 10369



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