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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

741 PM MDT FRI AUG 29 2008



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ROOSEVELT-

741 PM MDT FRI AUG 29 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY...



AT 734 PM MDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE 

EXITING WESTWARD...WITH DECREASING RAIN EXPECTED. HOWEVER...FLOOD 

WATERS ALONG HIGHWAY 206 SOUTH OF PORTALES CAUSED BY EARLIER RAINS 

IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE WILL LIKELY TAKE SOME TIME TO SUBSIDE. AS A 

RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH 830 PM MDT.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  RURAL SOUTH CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY...



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY

FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3382 10366 3394 10361 3403 10354 3403 10323

      3368 10320 3368 10357



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