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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

632 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT



* AT 628 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF GALLUP. THE

  STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN AREA FROM JUST WEST OF GALLUP NORTHWARD TO MEXICAN SPRINGS AND  

TOHATCHI. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF 

RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. HIGHWAYS 264 AND 491 AND ROUTE 

30 MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.  BLACK CREEK...DEFIANCE 

DRAW...CHUSKA WASH AND MUDDY WASH MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT

LIFE AND PROPERTY.



LAT...LON 3599 10905 3600 10854 3548 10868 3533 10905



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