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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

434 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2008



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MCKINLEY-

434 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY...



AT 430 PM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME OF

THE FLOODING IN THE GALLUP AREA WAS STARTING TO DIMINISH. HOWEVER..

AT 430 PM...RAIN WAS CONTINUING AT THE GALLUP AIRPORT ALTHOUGH NOT

AS HEAVILY AS WAS MEASURED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM. 



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY

FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



LAT...LON 3567 10884 3568 10855 3543 10854 3544 10882



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