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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1111 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008



NMC045-070600-

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SAN JUAN-

1111 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR SAN

JUAN COUNTY...



AT 1108 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAINFALL THROUGHOUT SAN JUAN COUNTY. ANTICIPATE 

RAIN RATES OF ONE-THIRD TO TWO-THIRDS OF AN INCH PER HOUR THROUGH 

1145 PM MDT BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY 

IN SANOSTEE WASH AND TOCITO WASH AS WELL AS PARTS OF ROUTE 34 EAST 

OF SANOSTEE. WATER MAY BE CROSSING THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 491 SOUTH OF 

SHIPROCK. URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN FARMINGTON...BLOOMFIELD 

AND SHIPROCK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... 

ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS 

POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTHEAST 

OF THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS.



LAT...LON 3700 10809 3678 10774 3663 10763 3609 10774

      3608 10853 3644 10905 3699 10905



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