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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

844 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008



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CIBOLA-

844 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL

CIBOLA COUNTY...



AT 837 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF GRANTS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 12 MPH. EXPECT 

RAIN RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR TO PERSIST THROUGH 900 PM MDT.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  EL MALPAIS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA...

  SAN RAFAEL...

  GALLO PEAK...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ALONG HIGHWAYS 117 AND 124. HIGH WATER FLOWS 

CAN BE EXPECTED IN RINCONADA CREEK AND THE RIO SAN JOSE. PONDING OF 

WATER CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND

96.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3487 10791 3524 10802 3528 10767 3519 10739

      3498 10731



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