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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

508 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008



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MCKINLEY-CIBOLA-

508 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL CIBOLA AND CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTIES...



AT 501 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LIGHT TO MODERATE NEAR BLUEWATER 

LAKE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THOREAU. THE STORM PRODUCING 

THE RAINFALL WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. THOUGH THE EARLIER 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SUBSIDED...RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE 

TO CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.  WILLIS ROAD JUST SOUTHWEST OF 

BLUEWATER HAS BEEN WASHED OUT DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.  HIGH WATER WAS 

ALSO REPORTED ALONG LORI DRIVE.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  PREWITT...

  BLUEWATER LAKE...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3527 10834 3540 10800 3530 10791 3507 10820



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