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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

441 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  WEST CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  NORTHEASTERN VALENCIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 615 PM MDT



* AT 437 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO...

  MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY IS OVER 

  THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND WILL PROGRESS INTO THE NORTHEAST 

  HEIGHTS IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 MINUTES. HIGH WATER FLOWS SHOULD BE 

  ANTICIPATED IN ARROYOS AND SMALL STREAMS AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE

  AREAS.



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 3522 10627 3482 10626 3471 10646 3482 10680

      3523 10673 3522 10661



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