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WGUS75 KABQ 052240

FFSABQ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

440 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008



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CIBOLA-

440 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL

CIBOLA COUNTY...



AT 436 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE LIGHT RAIN NEAR ACOMA PUEBLO...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST 

OF LAGUNA PUEBLO. THOUGH MUCH OF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAS 

ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL STILL RESULT IN FLOODING 

OF ROADWAYS ALONG THE ACOMA RESERVATION...AND FLOODING ALONG ACOMA 

CANYON.



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 3497 10769 3495 10747 3473 10752 3473 10774



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