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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

451 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  EAST CENTRAL VALENCIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT



* AT 449 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MANZANO AND

  TORREON.   THE OJO PEAK AND TRIGO BURN SCARS WILL BE AFFECTED BY

  THESE SHOWERS  AND STORMS.  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH

  AN HOUR OVER THE WARNING AREA WERE INDICATED BY RADAR. THE SHOWERS

  AND STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. 



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

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY

DRY ARROYOS AND STREAMBEDS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...INTERSECTIONS...

AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



LAT...LON 3483 10646 3483 10626 3457 10631 3459 10651



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