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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

1150 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 145 AM MDT



* AT 1145 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROSWELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST

  AT 20 MPH. RAIN RATES OF ONE OR TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED

  OVER THE REGION...ESPECIALLY IN THE TOWN OF ROSWELL. FLASH FLOODING

  IS POSSIBLE ALONG HIGHWAY 246 BETWEEN ROSWELL AND THE LINCOLN COUNTY

  LINE AS WELL AS WITHIN SALT CREEK AND BERRENDO CREEK. URBAN FLOODING

  CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE TOWN OF ROSWELL.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  DEXTER AROUND 1230 AM MDT...

  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAGERMAN AROUND 1245 AM MDT...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



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 3322 10396 3297 10450 3325 10487 3369 10488

      3369 10451



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