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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

708 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT



* AT 705 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST 

TORRANCE COUNTY. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE   

NEARLY STATIONARY. AROUND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY

FALLEN IN CLINES CORNERS. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES MAY FALL 

THROUGH 830 PM...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF ROADS AND

LOW LYING AREAS AND WATER RISING ABOVE ARROYOS AND SMALL STREAMS. 



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 3505 10584 3505 10551 3479 10528 3462 10529

      3460 10548 3474 10582



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