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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

355 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008



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CATRON-SOCORRO-

355 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN SOCORRO AND EAST CENTRAL CATRON COUNTIES...



AT 349 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MODERATE RAINFALL OVER EXTREME 

SOUTHWESTERN SOCORRO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF DATIL. THE 

STORM PRODUCING THE RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THOUGH MUCH OF 

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN MAY 

CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 163 

AND 52...AND HIGH AND FAST FLOWS IN WAHOO AND STONE CANYONS.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  RURAL EAST CENTRAL CATRON COUNTY...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3383 10785 3385 10762 3348 10747 3348 10784



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