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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

457 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  NORTHEASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 630 PM MDT



* AT 454 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS

  OVER NAVAJO LAKE. RADAR INDICATED THAT SOME AREAS IN THE VICINITY

  OF THE LAKE MAY HAVE RECEIVED OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN SINCE 545 PM.

  ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 PM. THE AREAS OF

  GREATEST RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE NAVAJO DAM...ROUTE 511

  NORTH OF ARCHULETA TO THE COLORADO BORDER...ROUTE 539 NORTH OF

  NAVAJO CITY...ROUTE 527 JUST EAST OF THE LAKE...AND OTHER 

  AREA ROADWAYS.



WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR

LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.



IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS AND RIVERS...SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

NEVER CROSS FAST FLOWING WATER ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 3700 10768 3700 10739 3677 10750 3675 10769



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